The Message of the Cross

The message of the Cross

I received this Bible verse of the day from You Version which says....

"For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God"
1 Corinthians 1:18

If you look at different religions into perspectives, you will find that most ( not all ) religions of the world are philosophical in nature.

However, there's something different about Christianity. In Christianity we see a religion, or rather, a relationship whereby we see God actively wanting to participate and be a part of our lives. We see a love of God that surpasses all other forms of love on this earth. We see a sacrificial love of God that is not willing to just accept the status quo of the fallen nature of men but instead, a love that provides a way of redemption and understanding of the ability to harness God's power through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ!

The Perfect Love of God

I think that that is the message of the cross. A message that God loves us and wants to bestow upon us His power so that we can live a meaningful , purposely and powerful life filled with success and compassion!

The Love of God is poured out for us!

The CG I attended last night talked about fear vs faith. And thus it gave me the revelation that the primary reason for worshiping, tithing, serving and praying shouldn't be born out of fear for what might happen if we don't do it. Maybe God won't protect us, maybe I won't get my 100 fold blessings, maybe I will fail my exam, won't get promotion, won't be healed, and the worst of which, maybe God will forget me and my promised salvation!

The fear of failure is very real

No friends, the Bible says in Ephesians 2:8
"For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith--and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God--"

If you look at this verse from God's word translation, it presents a clearer picture!
"God saved you through faith as an act of kindness. You had nothing to do with it. Being saved is a gift from God."

Indeed, 'You had nothing to do with it' it's a gift! I'm sure Jesus meant it when He said in Matthew 6:26

"Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?"

Rest assured, 'Only Believe' by 'FAITH' and God will take care of you no matter what. That is the most basic level of faith. Do the birds actually do anything productive for God? do they praise, worship, tithe , serve ministry? No of course not! But God still takes care of them. How much more we, who are active builders of the Church!

Another illustration would be would a father leave a child struggling in the water and not save him because he's been naughty? Of course not!

A loving father will always protect his child no matter what!

This is what sets us apart from other religions. We don't have to come before God in fear of what might happen if we stop worshiping. Rather, we worship BECAUSE deep inside each of us, we love God and we can't thank him enough for his mercies and grace!

But like any human being, even though we know our father will protect us, surely we don't want to be a child forever, that's why God gives us dreams and visions to make this world a better place to live in. He gave us the desire to live fruitfully, to be a blessing, to show love to others.

And in order to fulfill those dreams and go towards the destination set before us, we pray, we fast, we worship so as to know the will of God for our lives!

Sun said it perfectly when she said by praying each and everyday, we lose ourselves and we will begin to walk more and more in the will of God. His perfect and pleasing will! (Romans 12:2) Our sincere earthly desires actually become in line with God's desires and that's when God's power will come and you can rest assured your life will be extremely blessed and anointed!

We want to pursue the purpose of God in our generation. We follow the will of God because we want to and because we have a love for God because He first loved us. That is first and foremost.

Let's not live in fear, let's live in FAITH!!!!!!!!
I'll end by sharing a powerful meme by Gershon with my favorite animation, Naruto,

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God Bless
Daniel Foo