Treasures of Truth

8 The Cross of Christ

God’s way to resolve the conflict of the waging war within…

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. I Corinthians 1:18

The reckoning that counts . . .

THE CROSS OF CHRIST

We break the hold sin has on us

by relying upon a new view of ourselves

that is true because

we are in Christ Jesus.

We are NOT to identify with our temptations.

We learn to identify a law that wages war.

The power of sin has been broken

because of our union

in Christ’s death and resurrection. Romans 6:6

WE ARE NOT OUR TEMPTATIONS.

Feelings must be answered by facts.

“This struggle can cease

only when we reckon on who we really are in Christ.

It is a new self-image that delivers us.

When we begin to think of ourselves

as God thinks of us

we will find we have the power to say ‘no’ to ‘sin’.”

~From Guilt to Glory by Ray Stedman