What Happened on the Cross Dear Friend, Every spring the message of the resurrection bursts forth from the cold death grip of winter Because of the good news of the resurrection, you and I are free to absorb and appropriate Philippians 4:6, where it tells us, “Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.” I have learned that I will never be able to grasp the plain truth of this verse as I try to figure the how, when, and where of the needed miracle. At some point I must turn loose of all anxiety related to the need I am facing. Instead of worrying I am required by this mandate of Scripture to take the need to God with thanksgiving, knowing that He will meet not only this need but any I may face in the future. Because of the resurrection, “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” (Philippians 4:13 NIV) Now we need to ask the Holy Spirit to unlock the divine treasure chest of mysteries that took place on that cross on Golgotha over 2000 years ago. That Jesus died on the cross is history, but that He died for our sins is gospel, or good news What a declaration of the love of God the cross shows us. The Son of God went to the cross to die for our sins. Then He is risen from the dead to provide us the opportunity to live forever in the presence of the love of God. Romans 8:34-39 explains in detail this awesome love demonstrated through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. “Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, and furthermore is also risen, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written: “For Your sake we are killed all day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. “Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” (Romans 8:34-39 NIV)
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