PARADOXES OF THE CROSS.

INTRO: Note the following scriptures: Gen. 3:16-24; Isa. 59:1,2; Rom. 3:23; Eph. 2: 14-16; Jno. 3:16; Rom. 5:8.

I. JESUS CHRIST CAME INTO THE WORLD, 1 Tim. 1:15; Matt. 19:10. THAT MAN MIGHT ENTER HEAVEN, Jno. 14:1-3; 2 Cor. 5:1.

II. JESUS WAS BORN OF FLESH, Jno. 1:14; 1 Jno. 4:2,3. SO THAT MAN MIGHT BE BORN OF THE SPIRIT, Jno. 3:5; 1 Pet. 1:22.

III. JESUS WAS BORN OF WOMAN, Gal. 4:4; Isa. 7:14. SO THAT MAN MIGHT BE BORN OF GOD, Jno. 1:11-13; 1 Jno. 5:4.

IV. JESUS BECAME THE SON OF MAN, Phil. 2:5-8; Lk. 19:10. SO THAT MAN MIGHT BE THE SONS OF GOD, 1 Jno. 2:1,2; Gal. 4:5,6.

V. HE LEFT THE RICHES OF HEAVEN, 2 Cor. 8:9; Lk. 9:58. THAT MAN MIGHT LEAVE THE POVERTY OF EARTH FOR THE RICHES OF HEAVEN, 2 Cor. 8:9; Eph. 2:7.

VI. JESUS WAS REJECTED BY MEN, Jno. 1:11,12; Isa. 53:3. IN ORDER THAT MEN MIGHT BE ACCEPTED BY GOD, Eph. 1:6; Acts 10:34.

VII. JESUS BECAME THE MAN OF SORROWS, Isa. 53:3; Matt. 23:;37. THAT MAN MIGHT BECOME THE CHILDREN OF GLORY, Phil. 4:4; 1 Pet. 4:13.

VIII. JESUS WAS PUT TO DEATH BY MEN, Lk. 24:46; Matt. 16:21. THAT MAN MIGHT BE MADE ALIVE BY GOD, Col. 2:13; Eph. 2:1.

IX. JESUS BECAME CURSED ON EARTH, Gal. 3:13. THAT MAN MIGHT BE BLESSED IN HEAVEN, Gal. 3:14.

X. JESUS WAS MADE TO BE A SIN OFFERING FOR US, 2 Cor. 5:21. THAT MAN MIGHT BECOME THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD, 2 Cor. 5:21

CONCLUSION:

Yes, there are many paradoxes associated with the cross of Christ. Jesus died upon the cruel cross of Calvary that we might have life and have it more abundantly.

By Jim Sasser

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