Very few of us have any understanding of why Jesus Christ died. It wasn\u2019t out of sympathy. If sympathy is all that human beings require, then Christ\u2019s cross was a farce; there was no need for it. But the cross was necessary. What the world needs isn\u2019t just a little bit of love, as so many preach today; it\u2019s a surgical operation.<\/p>\n
When you are face\u2013to\u2013face with a soul in spiritual difficulty, remind yourself of Jesus Christ on the cross. If the soul you\u2019re counseling can get to God by some path other than the cross, then the cross is unnecessary. If you\u2019re holding out your own sympathy as that other path, you\u2019re a traitor to Jesus Christ. You have to keep your soul rightly related to God and pour out for others in the way he has designated, not in the human way of sympathy and understanding. The dominant note in spiritual guidance today is amiable religiosity; we have to avoid this, or we ignore God and his gospel.<\/p>\n
The one thing New Testament workers have to do is exhibit Jesus Christ crucified, to lift him up all the time. Any doctrine that isn\u2019t embedded in the cross will lead astray. When we believe in Jesus Christ and base our message on the reality of redemption, the people we talk to will inevitably be concerned by what we say. The thing that remains and deepens is the worker\u2019s simple relationship to Jesus Christ. Our usefulness to God depends on that and that alone.<\/p>\n
God\u2019s workers can\u2019t be poetic; we have to be surgical. Our calling is to uncover sin and reveal Jesus Christ as savior, not to give beautiful discourses. We have to go deep when we preach to others, as deep as God has gone with us. We have to be discerning in sensing which Scriptures will bring the truth straight home to another soul, and then apply them fearlessly.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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