That is what we celebrate every time we gather for worship. We celebrate that in the cross of Christ we were given the gift of the opportunity to end the old and begin the new.
Our Lord did not go into the slave market of sin just to purchase the captive sinner. He also brought the sinner out of bondage and set him free in a new kind of liberty. Jesus is not only our Savior but He is our Lord and our Life.
In the cross of Christ, God rejected the old order of the fallen that He might raise up a new order of holy, ransomed beings redeemed from sin and death. The death of Christ not only redeems us but recreates us, providing complete emancipation from the old life, giving an abundant entrance into the new life. Where sin abounded grace did much more abound and opened us a way back to God.
How can this simple yet powerful fact not completely revolutionize and enhance our worship every time we gather as the church? The cross stands between the old and the new - victorious over death and bondage - giving abundant life to all who but will receive. If we could get but a tiny glimpse of what He actually accomplished on the cross our worship would never be taken for granted or not taken more seriously. He is worthy of our worship! mjm
