The CROSS.
The cross is the most recognized symbol in the world.
It is loved and honored and embraced by millions as the symbol of a Savior who died to set men free.
The cross is the most recognized symbol in the world.
It is loved and honored and embraced by millions as the symbol of a Savior who died to set men free.
It is loathed by millions.
While to people of faith in Jesus it speaks of His sacrifice that brought them from darkness to light, from despair to hope, from death to eternal life, to those who do not believe it is a cause for wrath.
Christians who travel in certain parts of the world are admonished against wearing a prominently displayed cross on their person, for it will be yanked from their neck and trampled underfoot...such is the vehemence of some who hate the cross and its message.
Christians who live in certain parts of the world are relegated to the status of second class citizens whose rights are negligible and whose lives are in constant danger from not only their government but also from their neighbors who disdain them because they have placed their faith in the God who loves.
We live in a world that is evidencing a growing animus toward people of faith in Christ and their hatred of believers in the Lord Jesus Christ is being openly displayed and largely unchallenged by a watching world.
In America, a country established by Christians, subtle attacks against followers of the Lord Jesus are becoming increasingly evident--prayers at sporting events which were once done all the time have been challenged, carrying a Bible to a public school classroom has been disallowed, displaying a nativity scene at Christmas has been replaced by secular decorations...and the list goes on.
What are believers to do in the face of the challenge to our First Amendment right? It seems evident that we must stand up for the CROSS; we must stand up for PEOPLE OF FAITH wherever they are challenged, for if we don't, our freedom to do so will one day no longer exist.
The Bible prophesies a day when the antichrist shall reign. That one who embodies evil will have anyone who professes Jesus slain. That antichrist religion appears to be on the ascendancy even now. Are we in that day when believers shall be beheaded for their faith? When anyone who does not accept the religion of the antichrist shall be brutally executed?
What we see in the news, what is happening in a far-flung corner of the earth today may be happening at our doorstep tomorrow.
It is time for all who would live free to take refuge under the CROSS.
While to people of faith in Jesus it speaks of His sacrifice that brought them from darkness to light, from despair to hope, from death to eternal life, to those who do not believe it is a cause for wrath.
Christians who travel in certain parts of the world are admonished against wearing a prominently displayed cross on their person, for it will be yanked from their neck and trampled underfoot...such is the vehemence of some who hate the cross and its message.
Christians who live in certain parts of the world are relegated to the status of second class citizens whose rights are negligible and whose lives are in constant danger from not only their government but also from their neighbors who disdain them because they have placed their faith in the God who loves.
We live in a world that is evidencing a growing animus toward people of faith in Christ and their hatred of believers in the Lord Jesus Christ is being openly displayed and largely unchallenged by a watching world.
In America, a country established by Christians, subtle attacks against followers of the Lord Jesus are becoming increasingly evident--prayers at sporting events which were once done all the time have been challenged, carrying a Bible to a public school classroom has been disallowed, displaying a nativity scene at Christmas has been replaced by secular decorations...and the list goes on.
What are believers to do in the face of the challenge to our First Amendment right? It seems evident that we must stand up for the CROSS; we must stand up for PEOPLE OF FAITH wherever they are challenged, for if we don't, our freedom to do so will one day no longer exist.
The Bible prophesies a day when the antichrist shall reign. That one who embodies evil will have anyone who professes Jesus slain. That antichrist religion appears to be on the ascendancy even now. Are we in that day when believers shall be beheaded for their faith? When anyone who does not accept the religion of the antichrist shall be brutally executed?
What we see in the news, what is happening in a far-flung corner of the earth today may be happening at our doorstep tomorrow.
It is time for all who would live free to take refuge under the CROSS.
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