The Message of the Cross
By Pastor Benny Hinn
When we consider what happened at Calvary’s cross,
we must understand three crucial things:
The sin of mankind nailed Jesus to the cross. All
mankind was responsible for the crucifixion of our Savior. The Roman soldiers,
the people watching, and you and I are guilty, for it was our sins—collectively
and individually—that caused Him to come to earth to give Himself willingly as
the ultimate sacrifice.
God’s Love is overwhelming. It was at the cross
where both God the Father and Jesus His Son gave history’s greatest gift.
The Savior willingly gave Himself as the only means
to the Father. “Jesus
saith unto him, I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life: no man cometh unto the
Father, but by Me” (John 14:6).
Christ was sinless, innocent, and pure, yet He
became our Sin-Bearer. Instead of symbolically cleansing us from defilement and
death, the Lord cleansed us from actual sin.
It was through His sacrifice at Calvary that the
Lord Jesus removed the ultimate obstacle, sin, that had caused centuries of
estrangement between God and mankind, thereby allowing the restoration of
intimate fellowship with the Father:
For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior;
Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the Truth.
For there is one God, and one Mediator between God and men, the man Christ
Jesus; Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time (1
Timothy 2:3-6).
You and I were once bound in sin, but the Lamb of
God was sinless. Through Him and the price He paid to set us free, we have salvation
and deliverance: “In
Whom we have redemption through His Blood, the forgiveness of sins, according
to the riches of His Grace” (Ephesians 1:7).
This redemption is what the Apostle Paul pointed to
when he wrote: “For
ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your
spirit, which are God’s” (1 Corinthians 6:20).