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  From:  cajunhillbilly (Willard01)   11/15/2001 5:48 am  
To:  ALL   (1 of 2)  
 
  261.1  
 
The cross of Christ 
(From Octavius Winslow's, "Nearness to the Cross") 
The cross of Christ is still the central 
object of attraction to the Christian! 

A countless throng of Christ believing, 
Christ loving souls gather around it, 
finding cleansing in its blood, 
extracting joy from its sorrow, 
deriving life from its death, and 
beholding the brightness of glory 
blended with the darkness of shame. 

But is this the true spiritual position and 
posture of every believer in Jesus? Are all 
the professed disciples of the Savior seeking 
and cultivating the religion that is drawn 
only from, and is cherished only by, close 
communion with the cross of Christ? 

Are we walking with God in a sense.... 
of pardoned sin, 
of personal acceptance, 
of filial communion, 
of holy obedience, 
of unreserved consecration beneath the cross? 

Do we delight to be here? 

Do we resort there.... 
that grace might be replenished, 
that the fruits of the Spirit might be nourished, 
that backslidings might be healed, 
that the conscience might be cleansed? 

Is the cross of Jesus.... 
our confessional, 
our laver, 
our crucifixion, and 
our boast? 

These are searching, solemn questions! 

We are persuaded that the foot of the cross 
is the nearest spot to Heaven; that Heaven's 
choicest blessings are found only there; that 
beneath its warm sunshine the holy fruit of the 
Spirit ripens, and that under its sacred shade 
the sweetest repose is found; that, never is the 
believing soul so near to God, in such intimate 
fellowship with Christ, more really under the direct 
teaching of the Holy Spirit, as when under the 
cross of Christ. 

When you are in believing, loving adoration at 
the foot of Christ's cross, you are at the focus 
of all divine glory, and at the confluence of all 
spiritual blessing. 

 
  
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   From:  123four   11/15/2001 8:39 am  
To:  cajunhillbilly (Willard01)   (2 of 2)  
 
  261.2 in reply to 261.1  
 
And only in HIS presence is fullness of joy. 
  
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