1Cor. 15:17 And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins.
This thing of talking about the cross, the cross, the cross, makes me very tired. If the death of Christ in the cross is what saved us then why did Jesus had to rise from the dead 3 days later?
No! He had to go through the cross in order to resurrect and overcome death. It was very hard to go through the cross, "if it is your will, let this cup pass from me", he prayed just before been taken to the ordeal, so great was his anguish that he sweat blood while he was praying. Later from his heart came out blood and water because he was absolutely broken hearted and it’s a known fact that when people go through heavy emotional pain water accumulates around the heart. I am not despising what he went through in order to save us but, my dear, what saved us was not that he died on the cross, but the fact that he resurrected afterwards. That's what saved us: His Resurrection.
So I get very upset when I hear all this emphasis on the cross, this worship of the cross. Jesus got out of the cross long time ago, why people try to keep him there? That's what I call bulls**t. All this emphasis on the cross is a false doctrine from the churches. If anything, the cross was the temporary victory for his enemies. I underline temporary, because it was a false victory, they thought they had the victory, that's all. It was all an illusion.
Now, let me ask you a question. If your very best friend was killed by criminals with a knife when he was trying to save you, would you worship the knife from then on? Would you put a similar knife on your wall, in your room, make a monument for the knife that killed him, and walk with a little knife on your neck to remember the sacrifice he made for you? Was he your best friend or not? What do you want to remember - him or the instrument that killed him?
So, that's how side-tracked Christians can be. If they love Jesus they should only celebrate the fact that he resurrected and with him we all resurrect.
That's the truth and that's the facts.
