At the Cross Where I First Saw the Light!

In Sequoia National Park in California, There is a big tree that stands 275 feet high and is 36 feet in diameter. It is called the Christ – General Sherman. It is known as the biggest tree in the world. Today I want to talk to you about a tree that reaches from earth all the way to heaven and reaches all away around the world! And extends itself throughout all eternity!

I speak of the Tree - The Cross of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Calvary’s Tree!

You see the devil had made a road for man to travel that led straight to a place called Hell But Praise God - God did not want man to go to hell – So God slammed a Cross right in the middle of the road and said to man I love you and don’t want you to go to hell and if man goes to hell – He has to go around the Cross!

Just think God created the tree that He knew His Son would be crucified on!

There was a Savior before Sin – There was Grace before Guilt – There was Promise of Life before Death – There was a Heaven before there was a Hell.

Where sin did abound – Grace did much more abound! Adam sold us out – But Praise the Lord Jesus bought us back! HALLELUJAH FOR THE CROSS – IT IS THE POWER OF GOD UNTO SALVATION!

THE CROSS IS A CONSTANT REMINDER OF GOD’S LOVE

Every time you see the cross – it should remind you of the marvelous Love of God!

John 3:16 – For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish but have everlasting life! Romans 5:8 – But God commendeth His love towards us in that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us. Romans 8:32 – He that spared not His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all.

The love of God is greater far than tongue or pen can ever tell; it goes beyond the highest star and reaches to the lowest hell

WHEN THE DEVIL COMES AND TRIES TO TELL YOU GOD DOES NOT LOVE YOU – TAKE HIM TO THE CROSS!

THE CROSS IS A CONSTANT REMINDER OF GOD’S GRACE

Eph. 2:8,9 – For by Grace are you saved through faith, and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God: Not of works lest any man should boast.

GRACE – The Unmerited Favor of God --- G.R.A.C.E – God’s Riches At Christ Expense!

Grace is free but it is not cheap – It cost Jesus His life on the cruel cross of Calvary!

THE CROSS REMINDS US OF THE PAYMENT FOR SIN!

When the devil comes –Jesus paid it all – All to him I owe – Sin has left a crimson flow – He washed it white as snow!

At the cross – At the cross – Where I first saw the light – and the burdened of my heart rolled away –

What does the cross mean to the church? What does the cross mean to you?

Galatians 6:14 contains an important answer: “May I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.” The Apostles Creed declares, “I believe in Jesus Christ who was crucified.” When we say those words, we mean that the Son of God was murdered on a Roman cross at a place called Skull Hill outside the city walls of Jerusalem. We believe it literally happened — that if you and I had been there, we would have seen with our own eyes the slow, agonizing death of Jesus of Nazareth. We would have witnessed the humiliation of Christ as he died between two thieves, we would have seen the blood drip from his wounds, we would have heard him cry out, “My God, My God, why have you forsaken me?”  He did it all for us -- AT THE CROSS -- Praise His Holy Name!