Juliette Moore, MCS 546, Systematic Theology, The Cross of Christ Summary
There are many fascinating and valuable points that Stott makes in his book, The Cross of Christ, and each and every one of them pierced the inner workings of my heart and my soul like a bullet. Primarily, because I never looked at the realities of the theme of this book as Stott has stated them. However, main points throughout the book is propitiation, salvation, redemption, justification, dereliction, revelation, self-determination and atonement. Stott even discusses the matters concerning self-satisfaction. Nevertheless, if it were necessary to sum of this work in one sentence, it would be God gave of Himself through the works of Himself and chose His only Son …show more content…
29). Roman citizens were considered free citizens, who were permitted to travel freely as they desired. The apostle Paul was a Roman citizen. Dying on “the cross was considered a horrible death and the very word ‘cross’ was farm removed from the person of a Roman citizen” (p. 30). Roman citizens thought of themselves as elite people with elite status of being classified as humans and unlike other common people. The cross was an embarrassment to the Roman public. Death by crucifixion, historically, could take days to culminate towards its end. However, with Christ it only lasted six hours. On the day Jesus Christ was crucified, the “sky turned completely dark at noon” and Jesus encompassed every sin of mankind and embraced the sins of the world, even though He did not know sin (p. …show more content…
There is one that I often wear around my neck. I have two of them that wear around my right wrist, and another that could be carried around in my pocket. I purely love the cross! I love the symbolism of it and what it means to me. Consequently, it does not reflect what one may consider a graven image. Stott indicates “Ancient Judaism avoided visual signs and symbols, for fear of infringing the second commandment, which prohibits the manufacture of images. Every religion and ideology have its visual symbol, which illustrates a significant feature of its history or beliefs” (p.
There are many fascinating and valuable points that Stott makes in his book, The Cross of Christ, and each and every one of them pierced the inner workings of my heart and my soul like a bullet. Primarily, because I never looked at the realities of the theme of this book as Stott has stated them. However, main points throughout the book is propitiation, salvation, redemption, justification, dereliction, revelation, self-determination and atonement. Stott even discusses the matters concerning self-satisfaction. Nevertheless, if it were necessary to sum of this work in one sentence, it would be God gave of Himself through the works of Himself and chose His only Son …show more content…
29). Roman citizens were considered free citizens, who were permitted to travel freely as they desired. The apostle Paul was a Roman citizen. Dying on “the cross was considered a horrible death and the very word ‘cross’ was farm removed from the person of a Roman citizen” (p. 30). Roman citizens thought of themselves as elite people with elite status of being classified as humans and unlike other common people. The cross was an embarrassment to the Roman public. Death by crucifixion, historically, could take days to culminate towards its end. However, with Christ it only lasted six hours. On the day Jesus Christ was crucified, the “sky turned completely dark at noon” and Jesus encompassed every sin of mankind and embraced the sins of the world, even though He did not know sin (p. …show more content…
There is one that I often wear around my neck. I have two of them that wear around my right wrist, and another that could be carried around in my pocket. I purely love the cross! I love the symbolism of it and what it means to me. Consequently, it does not reflect what one may consider a graven image. Stott indicates “Ancient Judaism avoided visual signs and symbols, for fear of infringing the second commandment, which prohibits the manufacture of images. Every religion and ideology have its visual symbol, which illustrates a significant feature of its history or beliefs” (p.