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Cross Examined: Truth on Trial
Cross Fellowship Church: Black Forest
Executive Pastor Patrick Hall
Locations & Times
Cross Fellowship Church: Black Forest
10865 Black Forest Rd, Colorado Springs, CO 80908, USA
Sunday 8:15 AM
Sunday 10:45 AM
Sunday 11:15 AM
For this Purpose I have Come
The Cross Glorifies God by:
Bring Judgment on world (v. 31)
Bring Judgment on world (v. 31)
John 5:27-29 (NASB95)
27 and He gave Him authority to execute judgment, because He is the Son of Man. 28“Do not marvel at this; for an hour is coming, in which all who are in the tombs will hear His voice, 29 and will come forth; those who did the good deeds to a resurrection of life, those who committed the evil deeds to a resurrection of judgment.
27 and He gave Him authority to execute judgment, because He is the Son of Man. 28“Do not marvel at this; for an hour is coming, in which all who are in the tombs will hear His voice, 29 and will come forth; those who did the good deeds to a resurrection of life, those who committed the evil deeds to a resurrection of judgment.
John 5:24 (NASB95)
24“Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears My word, and believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life.
24“Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears My word, and believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life.
The Cross Glorifies God by
Bring Judgment on world (v. 31)
Casting out the ruler of the world (v. 31)
Bring Judgment on world (v. 31)
Casting out the ruler of the world (v. 31)
Revelation 12:11 (NASB95)
11“And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb and because of the word of their testimony, and they did not love their life even when faced with death.
11“And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb and because of the word of their testimony, and they did not love their life even when faced with death.
The Cross Glorifies God by
Bring Judgment on world (v. 31)
Casting out the ruler of the world (v.31)
Drawing all men to Jesus (v.32)
Bring Judgment on world (v. 31)
Casting out the ruler of the world (v.31)
Drawing all men to Jesus (v.32)
It is only on the cross that a man dies with his hands spread out. Thus it was fitting for the Lord to bear this also and to spread out His hands, that with the one He might draw the ancient people and with the other those from the Gentiles and unite both in Himself.
--Athanasius of Alexandria
--Athanasius of Alexandria
The Cross Glorifies God by
Bring Judgment on world (v. 31)
Casting out the ruler of the world (v. 31)
Drawing all men to Jesus (v. 32)
The Cross Glorifies God by us pointing people to it. (v. 36)
Bring Judgment on world (v. 31)
Casting out the ruler of the world (v. 31)
Drawing all men to Jesus (v. 32)
The Cross Glorifies God by us pointing people to it. (v. 36)
John 12:35-36 (NASB95)
35 So Jesus said to them, “For a little while longer the Light is among you. Walk while you have the Light, so that darkness will not overtake you; he who walks in the darkness does not know where he goes.
36“While you have the Light, believe in the Light, so that you may become sons of Light.” These things Jesus spoke, and He went away and hid Himself from them.
35 So Jesus said to them, “For a little while longer the Light is among you. Walk while you have the Light, so that darkness will not overtake you; he who walks in the darkness does not know where he goes.
36“While you have the Light, believe in the Light, so that you may become sons of Light.” These things Jesus spoke, and He went away and hid Himself from them.
Our Lord Jesus Christ could not be hid. In the narrow circle of the Holy Land, He shone so clearly that Gentiles came to the brightness of His rising. Yet, to make Him seen to the ends of the earth, He needs to be set on the lampstand. He was lifted up by crucifixion; and soon He was further raised by resurrection. He was lifted up from earth to heaven at His ascension, and in another sense He was set on high by the descent of the Holy Ghost and the widespread ministry of His servants. Our Lord was thus taken from under the bushel of the obscurity which attached to His humble origin, brought away from the dark cellar of the despised Jewish nation, and set out in the open, where Greek and Roman, barbarian and Scythian, might rejoice in His light. It is our duty to keep His name and His truth ever before the world, waiting for the time when every eye shall see Him on the throne of His glory.
--Charles Spurgeon
--Charles Spurgeon
