The Old Rugged Cross

"For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God."  1 Corinthians 1:18

I saw something the other day that didn't sit right with me.  It was a Logo showing a red and white Life Preserver hanging from the Cross.  I have never seen such disrespect and disregard for the Person of our Lord Jesus Christ and the Cross like that in a very long time, and it made me mad.

Jesus Christ's death on the Cross is NOT our Life Preserver keeping us out of hell.

Jesus Christ is our Saviour, and He paid for our sins that would take us there.

Jesus Christ was not rescuing us from eternal fire, although that is a benefit of Salvation-

    He was saving us from the eternal death of our sins.

Jesus Christ is NOT a Life Preserver-

    He is God in Flesh.

He paid a price we could not pay-

His death brought Life-

His death was motivated by love-

Making cartoons and Logo's to change the meaning of the Cross is wrong...

    And I won't apologize for saying so...

        But that's just me!

"But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world."  Galatians 6:14

"It was Christ who willingly went to the cross, and it was our sins that took Him there."  

Franklin Graham

"Come, and see the victories of the cross. Christ's wounds are thy healings, His agonies thy repose, His conflicts thy conquests, His groans thy songs, His pains thine ease, His shame thy glory, His death thy life, His sufferings thy salvation."  Matthew Henry

The Old Rugged Cross

George Bennard, 1913

On a hill far away, stood an old rugged cross,

the emblem of suff'ring and shame,

and I love that old cross where the Dearest and Best,

for a world of lost sinners was slain.

O, that old rugged cross so despised by the world,

has a wondrous attraction for me,

For the dear Lamb of God

left His glory above,

To bear it to dark calvary.

In the old rugged cross, stained with blood so divine,

A wondrous beauty I see,

For 'twas on that old cross,

Jesus suffered and died,

To pardon and sanctify me.

To the old rugged cross I will ever be true,

It's shame and reproach gladly bear;

Then He'll call me someday to my Home far away,

Where His glory forever I'll share.

Chorus:

So I'll cherish the old rugged cross,

Till my trophies at last I lay down,

I will cling to the old rugged cross,

And exchange it someday for a crown.