The Cross

Roy Van Der Westhuizen Roy talked to us about the Cross. As he said it wasn't an eloquent message or one of great detail, but a simple reminder that Jesus paid for our sins. Acknowledging that simple truth is good enough; even when we don't find ourselves "feeling it." Roy started by taking a look at what we have discovered about the world. We find that there are rules or laws governing different aspects of our universe all around us. One such rule is the law of gravity. Roy linked this to the idea that there are also spiritual laws. One such law is that sin needed to be paid for. We see this all throughout the Bible. The Lamb of God, as Jesus is often referred to, is a reference to the sacrifices made for sin by the shedding of the blood of a lamb as commanded in the law. In Romans, Paul states that the law can't save us it can only point to our falling short of those ideals in the law. How then does God save us? Jesus steps in our place and takes on our penalty or our debt through the work of the cross. This not only wipes away our debt but also gives us a new nature.