I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all peoples to Myself. —John 12:32
Towering above New York Harbor is the Statue of Liberty. That stately lady, with freedom’s torch held high, has beckoned millions of people who were choking from the stifling air of tyranny or oppression. They’ve been drawn to what that monument symbolizes-freedom.
A different monument towers over history, offering spiritual freedom to enslaved peoples everywhere. It’s the cross where Jesus hung 2,000 years ago. At first the scene repels us. Then we see the sinless Son of God dying in our place for our sins. From the cross we hear the words “Father, forgive them” (Luke 23:34) and “It is finished!” (John 19:30). As we trust in Christ as our Savior, the heavy burden of guilt rolls from our sin-weary souls. We are free for all eternity.
(Dennis J DeHaan, Our Daily Bread)
A different monument towers over history, offering spiritual freedom to enslaved peoples everywhere. It’s the cross where Jesus hung 2,000 years ago. At first the scene repels us. Then we see the sinless Son of God dying in our place for our sins. From the cross we hear the words “Father, forgive them” (Luke 23:34) and “It is finished!” (John 19:30). As we trust in Christ as our Savior, the heavy burden of guilt rolls from our sin-weary souls. We are free for all eternity.
(Dennis J DeHaan, Our Daily Bread)
Tomorrow's Bible In a Year Passage: 2 Chronicles 17-18; John 13:1-20
1 comment:
That was a neat comparison!!
43 for they loved the glory that comes from man more than the glory that comes from God.
Do we hesitate to share the good news because we are more concerned with what people will think of us than what God will think of us??
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