Instead of the real cross being taught there has snuck in a new cross, this new cross does'nt slay the sinner, instead it befriends the world. The real cross doesn't parallel the world, it intersects it, it means death. It seems people see the new cross as a way to achieve the world on a different level. Instead of death to self, we embrace the cleaner lifestyle, people embrace grace and never go on to holiness, never even attempting this state. If we have been truly called, we can really be as holy as holy as we want to be, it's just some people consider themselves holy because the new cross says they are without having to even carry their own cross and using the real cross to slay themselves.
The real cross is a violent death to self, not the idea that God embraces the fruit of sin as some people teach. We must leave our old lives and our sin at the cross, forsaking the sin and then forsaking our lives. Excusing nothing, covering up nothing but going onto holiness.
The real cross is a violent death to self, not the idea that God embraces the fruit of sin as some people teach. We must leave our old lives and our sin at the cross, forsaking the sin and then forsaking our lives. Excusing nothing, covering up nothing but going onto holiness.