2011.6.12 the cross of christ part 1

The Cross of ChristThe Upside Down Victory

1 Corinthians 1:18 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 1:22 Jews demand miraculous signs and Greeks look for wisdom, 23but we preach Christ crucified: a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles...

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The Cross:

Changes my foundational core (purpose)

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2 Corinthians 5:15 And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again.

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Mark 10:18 "Why do you call me good?" Jesus answered. "No one is good--except God alone."

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Mark 10:36 "What do you want me to do for you?" he asked.

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Mark 10:37 They replied, "Let one of us sit at your right and the other at your left in your glory."

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Mark 10:41 When the ten heard about this, they became indignant with James and John.

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42Jesus called them together and said, "You know that those who are regarded as rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their high officials exercise authority over them.

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43Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, 44and whoever wants to be first must be slave of all."

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Mark 10:45 "For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."

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Mark 8:35 For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me and for the gospel will save it.

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Philippians 2:19 I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon, that I also may be cheered when I receive news about you.

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20I have no one else like him, who takes a genuine interest in your welfare. 21For everyone looks out for his own interests, not those of Jesus Christ.

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Ephesians 2:1 As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins,

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2in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient.

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3All of us also lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of our sinful nature and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature objects of wrath.

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The Cross:

Redeems my life

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1 Corinthians 6:20 … you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body.

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The Cross:

Gives power over self

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1 Corinthians 6:19 Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own;

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The Cross:

Gives power over sin

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Colossians 2:13 When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your sinful nature, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins,

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Colossians 2:14 having canceled the written code, with its regulations, that was against us and that stood opposed to us; he took it away, nailing it to the cross.

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The Cross:

Gives power over Satan

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Colossians 2:15 And having disarmed the powers and authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.

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Colossians 2:15 (Message) He stripped all the spiritual tyrants in the universe of their sham authority at the Cross and marched them naked through the streets.