Cruel Cross
For He taught His disciples and said to them, “The Son of Man is being betrayed into the hands of men, and they will kill Him. And after He is killed, He will rise the third day.” But they did not understand this saying, and were afraid to ask Him. Mark 9:31-32 NKJV https://bible.com/bible/114/mrk.9.31-32.NKJV Although resurrection is one of the greatest hope from believers' journey of faith, the inevitable price was paid by the vicarious death of the Son of Man (Jesus Christ) on the cross of Calvary. While the cruel cross is a pill of pain for the recovery of peace, it has always been difficult to understand why the Prince of Peace chose to take the pill for no need of His personal peace. And just in our own little way, when the righteous is called to swallow the pills of pain for the recovery of peace in the life of the people within his sphere of influence, he must be prepared to accommodate the misunderstanding of men. And as the scripture declares that Jesus endured the ...