In Malaysia, it's rather difficult to have a church registered as a 'church'. So we have to remain as an administrative office. Since shifting to this building, we do not have a signboard or a symbol of a cross outside the building.
Now, we have decided to put up a cross - IN the sanctuary, on stage, behind the altar.
Outside? not sure about that yet. But it will be inside first.
There's not much space onstage on the back wall. But I've been looking at various pictures of crosses and I would love a building with very high ceiling so that the cross can be really big and huge!
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The cross is like how you wear your school badge - a symbol, an identity.
On it's own, made of metal or gold or silver or wood, it does not hold any magical powers. Movies have made the cross into a physically magical item.
It is not about it being magical physically, but its meaning and significance that gives the cross its power.
Why use a Cross?
Why not just flog Jesus to death? Or behead Him? Or hang Him? Why use a cross?
1. The cross was about humiliation, rejection and the lowest form of punishment.
2. To fulfill the prophesies in the scriptures mentioned about 800 years ago. (eg. Isaiah 53:5)
God has prepared us since the beginning of man's fall from holiness to redeem us for that dark pit of sin.
This cross is a heavy burden to carry, but it lightens our spirit and soul with what the cross has achieved for us. The cross that bore Jesus - an instrumental piece of wood in helping God complete His plan to save His people.
We say today, "the higher we climb, the harder we fall."
For Jesus, it's "The lower we crawl, the higher we fly."
1 comment:
Is it correct that the cross is the lowest form of punishment, or the highest form of punishment during the roman empire...???
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