Finally, a human life without the
cross, which means
dying to self and to our own plans and notions of God and of our life here
on earth, is a worldly life, not a Christian life.
When God does
finally reveal Himself in the person and work of Jesus Christ, the pinnacle and apex of this revelation is seen
on the
cross where Jesus takes the sin of the world upon Himself and
dies as a criminal for all to see.
You have to believe that you are a sinner: turn here, you have to believe that your sins send you to hell, turn here to this passage, you must believe that Jesus is man, turn to this passage, you must believe that Jesus is God, flip over here, you must believe that Jesus
died on the
cross, turn here, you must believe that God raised Jesus from the dead,
finally turn here, and now pray this prayer...