The Ground is Level at the Foot of the Cross
Without the cross fellowship with God would be an impossibility for man. The cross is the central theme of Christianity. As a result of Jesus paying the sin debt for man we now have the ability to come back to God. Our restoration of fellowship is tied directly to the cross.
There are times when we forget the importance of the cross. We center our attention on other things and in other directions. Some give the most of their time to the subject of restoration. Others are intent on making sure that the correct phrases are employed in their teaching. At times we look for a pattern under every rock. A few are carried away with warning the world about post-modernism. A significant segment of our preaching is directed toward the church, worship, and baptism. All of these subjects deserve a portion of our attention, but none of them would matter were it not for the cross.
Without the death of Jesus on the cross there would have been no church. What we call things would not matter. Without the cross we couldn’t have argued instrumental music, the role of women in the church, nor a shopping list of other things over which we now divide. Our unique definition of post-modernism would have been a non-issue.
What the cross did was make man’s salvation possible. Regardless of where we are morally the cross will make the ground before us level. If we are a murderer-blood covers it. If we are in our fifth marriage - the cross covers the sin. If we have been a drunk or drug addict- God forgives. The depth of our sin doesn’t matter. We can never travel so far into sin that the cross will not allow us to return to God. As followers of Christ, never forget to preach Jesus Christ and Him crucified. With the preaching of Jesus, our acceptance allows the ground to be made level at the foot of the cross.
