The Cross, Part 10

Loving the Christ-life!

Two Deep Roots In Grace

By Tammy Lacock

There are two deep roots that were in God’s plan before the foundation of the world. These are heavenly roots. They have nothing to do with the world and nothing to do with the Devil. They have everything to do with us and God’s love for us through His Son.

These two deep roots sustain the final gospel of Paul, who by revelation from Christ Himself understood the Cross and its ushering in of God’s grace unlike any other writer. The following two verses form the foundation.

“According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love.” (Ephesians 1:4)

“But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot: Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you.” (1 Peter 1:19-20)

This week, Warren Litzman takes us to the Cross again in the hopes that we can understand the great power of sin and God’s grace and love poured out unto us through His Son as ultimate power. Warren takes us to the cross so that we can see Christ’s pure sacrifice, His suffering and shed blood and by seeing, fall in love with Him.

“But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world.” (Galatians 6:14)

Here Paul tells us that there is no other glory than the glory of Christ. By His death at the cross, the world has been crucified, and we are no longer bound by it. The world is under subjection to God’s plan. In grace, the world has lost its ultimate power, whether by sin or by law. For Paul, his new life in Christ is all that matters. Christ is his first love.

Our new life in Christ could not have been made possible without the Cross. God’s love and grace is so amazing that He rooted this deep into His plan, before the foundation of the world.