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Alexander The Cross is a single chapter article or sermon on the cross and different aspects of it.
The Cross by Archibald Alexander
Whence came the tree from which the cross was made? What has become of the particles of which it was composed? What hands were employed in preparing this instrument of a cruel death? To such questions no answer can be given–and none is needed. The cross was a common mode of punishment among several nations, and among the Romans was reserved for the punishment of slaves and the vilest malefactors.
It was never made use of by the Jews. If they had had the power of execution in their hands when Christ suffered, the punishment for the offence alleged against him would have been stoning. But by the ordering of divine Providence, our Lord was put to death in that way which was accursed, according to the Jewish law; for it was written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree.”
The death of Christ on the cross may well be reckoned mysterious, for it was at the same time a cursed and a blessed death. Christ was “made a curse for us,” that he might deliver us from the curse of the law. And yet Christ’s death on the cross is the most blessed event which ever occurred in the world; for on the cross the price of our redemption was paid. Christ “bore our sins in his own body on the tree.” He died, “the just for the unjust,” to bring us unto God. This led Paul to say, “God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ.”
More Works on the Crucifixion
- Alexander The Cross
- Aman- Cross and Crown of Holiness
- Andrews Life of our Lord upon the Earth
- Anonymous – The Good Shepherd (Life of Christ)
- Austin-Sparks A Candlestick All of Gold
- Austin-Sparks Centrality and Universality of the Cross
- Austin-Sparks God’s Supreme Interest in Man
- Austin-Sparks, T – The Persistent Purpose of God
- Barclay Jesus Final Week
- Bellett, J.G. – Moral Glory of the Lord Jesus Christ
- Benedetto Benefit of Christ Crucified
- Bonar, Horatius – Blood of the Cross
- Bounds – The Ineffable Glory: Thoughts on the Resurrection
- Chafer – Doctrine of Salvation theWord
- Chantry, Walter – Take Up Your Cross
- CoxDR {Baptist}- The Seven Sayings of Christ on the Cross
- Davis – A Physician Testifies about the Crucifixion
- Edersheim Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah
- Everard, George – Beneath the Cross
- Gaebelein Lord of Glory
More Works on the Life of Christ
- Andrews Life of our Lord upon the Earth
- anon-250 events in the Life of Christ
- Bonar A – The Person of Christ
- Closson – Christ’s Inner Circle
- Cooper, David L. – Messiah in His Historical Appearance
- Edersheim Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah
- Glover, T.R. – Jesus of History
- Miller Bethlehem to Olivet
- Turpin, W.T. – The Great Servant-Prophet
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