The document discusses the meaning and significance of having a close encounter with the cross of Jesus Christ. It notes that the cross represents (1) Jesus' great sacrifice to save people from hell, (2) the great power to change people and free them from sin and Satan, and (3) the great cause of sharing in Christ's purpose of saving and changing lives by taking up one's own cross daily. Christians who carry their cross can take part in soul-winning and making new disciples for Christ.
11. 2.) ALL PEOPLE WHO RECEIVED
DEEP MEANING OF THE CROSS OF
THE LORD JESUS WILL CARE FOR
PEOPLE ESPECIALLY SALVATION.
YOU CAN’T LIVE THE SAME WAY
AND WITH SAME MINDSET WHEN
YOU HAVE A TRUE AND DEEP
ENCOUNTER WITH THE CROSS OF
THE LORD JESUS.
13. 1.)THE CROSS MEANS THE
GREAT SACRIFICE OF THE LORD
JESUS TO SAVE YOU FROM HELL
Acts 2:22 Men of Israel, listen to
this: Jesus of Nazareth was a man
accredited by God to you by
miracles, wonders and signs, which
God did among you through him, as
you yourselves know.
14. Acts 2:23 This man was handed
over to you by God's set purpose
and foreknowledge; and you, with
the help of wicked men, put him to
death by nailing him to the cross.
Acts 2:24 But God raised him from
the dead, freeing him from the
agony of death, because it was
impossible for death to keep its
hold on him.
15. Hebrews 12:2 Let us fix our
eyes on Jesus, the author and
perfecter of our faith, who for
the joy set before him endured
the cross, scorning its shame,
and sat down at the right hand
of the throne of God.
16. 2.) THE CROSS MEANS THE GREAT POWER
TO CHANGE US AND SET US FREE FROM
SLAVERY OF SIN AND SATAN ESPECIALLY
OUR SELF-CENTERED LIVING , GREEDINESS
AND EVIL DESIRES
1Corinthians 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
17. Hebrews 10:10
And by that will, we have been
made holy through the sacrifice
of the body of Jesus Christ once
for all.
Hebrews 10:14
because by one sacrifice he has
made perfect forever those who
are being made holy.
18. Colossians 2:13-15
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, 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. And having
disarmed the powers and authorities, he
made a public spectacle of them,
triumphing over them by the cross.
19. 3.THE CROSS MEANS THE GREAT CAUSE
OF SHARING IN CHRIST’S PURPOSE OF
SAVING AND CHANGING LIVES.
Luke 9:23 Then he said to them all: "If
anyone would come after me, he must
deny himself and take up his cross daily
and follow me.
Luke 14:27 And anyone who does not
carry his cross and follow me cannot be
my disciple.
