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Pastor Buddy Wimberly "The Cross Of Christ" I Corinthians 1:17-24

17  For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect. 

18  For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God. 
19  For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent. 
20  Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? 
21  For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe. 
22  For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom: 
23  But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness; 
24  But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God. 


The cross of Christ is at the center of everything that God has ever intended to do for mankind. But what about the cross? 5 Questions about the cross of Christ.

Q. What do the scriptures mean when it speaks of the Cross of Christ? 
A.The historical fact and the Spiritual significance of the historical fact.
Q. Who was this Jesus who died on the cross?
A. He was none other than the Creator God of Heaven and Earth.
Q. Why was He there on that cross?
A. It was not for any sin of His own but for every sin of everyone in the whole world, past, present and future.
Q. What was it that happened to this Jesus as He was on this cross?
A.  He was made sin for us. He was made a curse for us. The Romans did not kill Him, the Jews did not kill Him and the Devil could not kill Him. His Father offered His own Son as a sacrifice for our sin. Jesus endured the total wrath of God toward sin for us. He received Justice that we might receive Grace.
Q.  What benefits come to us because of the cross?
A.  �It is finished� the curse and the power of sin over us has been removed. The sin debt is �paid in full�. All who place their trust in the finished work of Calvary now enjoy the privilege of being called �sons of God�.
Have you trusted in the finished work of Christ on Calvary. Today is the day of Salvation � please do not delay.