LOOKING AT THE CROSS
When I survey the wondrous Cross, what do I see?
I see A Carpenter on a Cross.
Joseph was famous as a carpenter, and the Lord Jesus worked in that carpenter’s shop until He was 30.
- He made many things, but He never made a cross.
- But He hung on one.
- He made many things, but never made a javelin’s shaft.
- But one was made to pierce His side.
- He made many things, but He never fashioned a rod to hit men with.
- But He was hit with one.
- He made many things and converted to His use many more.
- He changed a BOAT into a PULPIT from which He preached the Gospel to expectant crowds.
- He changed a BIER (burial frame) into a CHAIR.
- He changed a CROSS into an ALTAR on which to offer Himself.
- He changed that same CROSS into a PLATFORM from which to cry: Look unto Me and be ye saved all ye ends of the earth, for I am God and there is none else.
- He changed the CROSS into a LADDER that would connect Heaven to Earth and Earth to Heaven.
He was many things to all people and as a CARPENTER He stood as:
| · A Physician. | · A Counsellor. | · A Prophet. | · A King. |
| · A Teacher. | · A Gardener. | · A Priest. |
He stood infinitely above and beyond all.
He did with a TREE, what none other has ever or could ever do.