The cross is not the way

The cross is not the way What is the cross? E 'a tool to dismiss medieval vampires? This is a new profile in custody by the rockers, rappers and reggae crowds? This is a bumper sticker on the back of a mini-van or a chain dangling from a rearview mirror? Or is it a religious symbol that many usually arc? What is the cross? In other words, the cross is an instrument of execution. The Roman Empire crucifixion invented and used as a major and practical ways to apply the death penalty. E 'stato primary because it was horrible. E 'convenient because it has sent a terrible message, the Empire should not be taken lightly. Crucifixion is both physically and psychologically degrading torture. It was not intended to break the criminal to make him recant. E 'was the last blow to the death of the body and mind. While the medical and physical aspects of the crucifixion can be found in encyclopedias, one thing is certain, is a bloody spectacle. Some criminals, if not most, were introduced to the cross after it is mounted. The retu, already to and bloodied from a crude whip, was then placed on a beam, and wrists and feet nailed to the tree of death. Nailed! To be sure, death is slowly through the cross. With hours of physical suffering and emotional distress, suffering and humiliation was too much for man to endure. The crucifixion was a form of capital punishment in Rome the day, as he was Chairman of electricity in our country. I must ask, when have you ever seen someone sporting miniature electric chair, a noose of the Executioner, a gas chamber, a syringe or neck of someone? The cross is not in fashion. He died. Historically, we know that many died of crime by Roman crucifixion. What distinguishes the cross of all other forms of punishment in the course of history? What makes a cross monument recognized around the world? Is it not the person who hung on the tree two thousand years ago, that draws our attention? So the question is: who is that Jesus died on the cross robust? And what was his crime? Skeptics mock him, while others do not love. But what did Jesus say about himself? If you dare, you can take the Bible for yourself and read the accounts of his life, death, and yes, his resurrection. Jesus said in the Bible surprising. One of the most audacious statements when he told his disciples: "I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me "(John 14:6). His statement is one of the reasons Jesus, to find many interesting today. You see, Jesus was very factual. He said, are half, or one of many ways? Or, I am the truth, or one of the many truths? If you look carefully, you will of Christ emphatic emphasis on the word "the." So Jesus, it was announced that "the way, the truth and the life", what were the consequences? Simply, all other modes of God and heaven are false, fabrications, and farces. And all the other gods are false. Now before you go up the rocks, remember that these words came forth from the mouth of Christ himself. Also, if you find the Gospel of John to discover the same Jesus claims to be the awaited Messiah (John 4), said 'came from above (John 3), said that his kingdom is not of this world (Jn 18) and said that he and the Father are one (John 10). The Gospel of John says that Jesus not only created the world, but he came in the flesh of his creation (John 1). Jesus is God incaate. What is hung on the cross. And this is what makes the Cross distinct. What was the Christ of the crime? Other than to say that he was God and the only way to salvation, has forgiven the sins of sinners and ate. To these has been introduced to the cross. But it is - this is not the reason that he came into the world to save sinners? Jesus said of himself: "For the Son of man came not to be served but to serve and give his life as a ransom for many" (Mk 10:45). So the next time you take the Bible, and read the Gospels, ask if what I wrote is true? And when you see a cross on a church, around the neck of someone, or tattooed on someone in the industry, it should be remembered that it was hung on the cross and that His crucifixion was for our redemption ... on the way ..