The Collision of God and Sin

. . . who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree . . . —1 Peter 2:24

The Cross of Christ is the revealed truth of God’s judgment on sin. Never associate the idea of martyrdom with the Cross of Christ. It was the supreme triumph, and it shook the very foundations of hell. There is nothing in time or eternity more absolutely certain and irrefutable than what Jesus Christ accomplished on the Cross— He made it possible for the entire human race to be brought back into a right-standing relationship with God. He made redemption the foundation of human life; that is, He made a way for every person to have fellowship with God.

The Cross was not something that happened to Jesus— He came to die; the Cross was His purpose in coming. He is “the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world” (Revelation 13:8). The incarnation of Christ would have no meaning without the Cross. Beware of separating “God was manifested in the flesh. . .” from “. . . He made Him. . . to be sin for us. . .” (1 Timothy 3:16 ; 2 Corinthians 5:21). The purpose of the incarnation was redemption. God came in the flesh to take sin away, not to accomplish something for Himself. The Cross is the central event in time and eternity, and the answer to all the problems of both.

The Cross is not the cross of a man, but the Cross of God, and it can never be fully comprehended through human experience. The Cross is God exhibiting His nature. It is the gate through which any and every individual can enter into oneness with God. But it is not a gate we pass right through; it is one where we abide in the life that is found there.

The heart of salvation is the Cross of Christ. The reason salvation is so easy to obtain is that it cost God so much. The Cross was the place where God and sinful man merged with a tremendous collision and where the way to life was opened. But all the cost and pain of the collision was absorbed by the heart of God.

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神與罪的衝突

他被掛在木頭上親身擔當了我們的罪。 （彼前二24）

耶穌的十字架，說明神對罪惡的審判。但千萬別以為耶穌的十字架是一種殉道精神；十字架是至高無上的勝利，連地獄的根基也震動了。不論今生或是來世，再沒有比耶穌基督在十字架上所成就的，更加確實。他挽回了全人類，使他們與神恢復正常的關係。他使​​救贖成為人類生命的根基，也就是說，他為人開了一道通往神的途徑。

十字架並非偶然臨到耶穌的，他是為此目的而來。他是[那創世以先被殺的羔羊]。道成肉身的整個意義，就是十字架。當心別把神在肉身顯現，與人子成為罪分開來看。道成肉身的目的，正是為了顯露自己。十字架是今生與永世的中心，是兩者的謎底。

十字架不是人的十字架，是神的十字架，神的十字架永遠不能以人的經歷去體驗。十字架是神本性的顯露，是任何人得以達致與神合一的通道。我們是來到十字架面前，不是越過去；我們住在十字架所帶進來的生命裡。

救恩的中心，就是耶穌的十字架；救恩所以如此易得，是因為神付出了重大得代價。十字架是神與罪人碰頭得地方，這猛然的撞擊，開拓了生命的路；可是，這撞擊是發生在神心裡的。

祈禱◆噢，主啊，為著你在我們最核心的問題上施行大能的救贖，我讚美你。願藉著你的大能，使我複活，進入新的生命。