54: Is the Cross Relevant Today?

Wellness Series

The Cross is the fulfillment of Genesis 3:15.

We are blessed with a prayer in 1 Thessalonians 5:23: Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely; and may your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

The spiritual, emotional-mental (the soul part of you), and physical components that make up the human being are each dependent on the other for balance; each directly affects the other’s strength.  This balance is called Health.  Health is wellness; and wellness brings that state which all mankind is seeking: spiritual strength, peace of mind and physical prosperity (abundance).  The sum total of these three equals wholeness.  So how do we get well—get balanced, get healthy—so that we can achieve wholeness?

Jesus hung on that cross and gave all the world healing: The chastisement for our peace was up on Him.  And by His stripes we are healed (Read Isaiah 53:4-6).  The adage still remains true today: “A sound mind is a sound body.” When you experience the peace that only Christ can give; even though the body may be afflicted with sickness, we overcome the pain by drinking in the joy of the Lord.

Ebenezer had a lot of difficulty learning.  He drew what he saw on the blackboard; to write was a challenge.  His teacher tried his best to help improve Ebenezer’s academic ability, but to no avail.  He called on the Lord: “Dear Jesus, help me to help my pupil (learner).  I just don’t know what to do!”  That night, the teacher had a dream.  In that dream, he saw himself at the board.  He was given the key to how to help struggling Ebenezer to overcome and even progress faster.  The teacher was so excited, hurried to school and met his disgruntled learner in the classroom.  “Today is the beginning of better days ahead of you, my son.”  The pupil (learner) met his teacher’s smile with his own. 

Not all children learn the same way.  And, as different as we all are, not all people look at Jesus the same way.  Based on how life has taught us and how well we’ve learned and are still learning life’s lessons, these experiences paint our picture of who Jesus is.  A woman who has travailed through many disappointments may look at all men skeptically.  But she has a choice to make.  Will she “see” Jesus as just another man whom she’ll place partial trust in?  Or will she embrace Jesus as her Saviour who can deliver her from a pattern of trusting in the wrong men?

Colossians 2:13-15

Words are spirit.  We cannot see them.  But we know they exist because we hear them.  Words—both spoken and unspoken—have the power to create and to destroy.  Our thoughts and what we write or read are words which make a spiritual impact on the soul part of us because the soul contains the mind and emotions (the heart).  Which words do you ingest everyday?  The Word spoken by God and written in the Holy Bible; or words spoken by your own fears outside the Bible?  THE WORD OF GOD IS LIVING AND POWERFUL . . . AND IS A DISCERNER OF THOUGHTS AND INTENTS OF THE HEART [EMOTIONS] (Hebrews 4:12).  God’s Word will always be alive and powerful because it does not change.  It is the same yesterday, today, and forever (Hebrews 13:8).  God’s Word is Jesus Christ (John 1:1-5,14).

THE FIRST STEP TO WELLNESS IS SALVATION.  As words are spirit and Jesus is spirit, so must you be re-born spiritually in order to wield God’s Word and gain a life of healing power which brings spiritual strength, peace of mind and physical prosperity (abundance) (John 1:12-13; 10:10b).  You must guard your heart; or satanic strongholds will tear it apart.  Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved, for You are my praise (Jeremiah17:14). 

After salvation comes baptism (in water and in the Holy Spirit) to show the world that you belong to the family of Christ.  THEN, YOU MUST TAKE UP YOUR CROSS AND FOLLOW JESUS.  Read Blog #10: My Cross To Bear. That CROSS IS YOUR KEY to help you to overcome your pain and live in joy unspeakable.  Taking your mind off the power of the cross and following earthly things, makes you an enemy of the cross.  The consequence is the unbearable pain (from unspeakable evil) we see in the world today; and individually carry in our hearts.  Don’t you want to replace that pain in your life with joy, those ashes for beauty?

That’s the truth of the matter called life.  It’s so simple that with all the words of “logic” and “philosophy” and “scientific advancement” that go against the knowledge of who Jesus is, it all comes right back to square one:  Take up the cross or put it down.  Here’s the Word: And he who does not take his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me (Matthew 10:38). The choice is yours.  For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal [earthly] but mighty in God for pulling down [satanic] strongholds (Read 2 Corinthians 3-6). 

If we are to uproot the source of our troubles in this series, the first weapon we must pick up is the Cross.  That’s the only way to receive wellness and wholeness.

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