Pastor Joe Sanders - March 16, 2014
Necessary Things
Maybe unbelievably, the cross of Christ can be one of those things that we get over-familiar with. We talk about it so much and sing about it so often that we can over-simplify it and miss the beautiful complexity in its simplicity. As Easter approaches each year, we can truly lose sight of the cross. We can easily trade it for family and egg hunts and children and Easter pageants and lunch with family. Easter can include all of those things, but what is it all about? More than that, Christianity is about church and worship and life and joy and overcoming, but what is it all about? We go through life thinking about all that we think we “need” and concocting plans to get those things. But most of the time we are confusing wants and needs and are just generally confused! The cross is the central point of history, Easter and Christianity. It is necessary to bring us out of death and sin and to bring us into life. Focus on the cross and all of our other wants and needs come into clearer focus!
Scripture References: Genesis 3:1-24