Aim: To recognize and fully-accept the centrality of the cross of Christ.
Exegesis: The cross separates the ''men'' from the ''boys.'' The ''men'' pay the price (v. 11); the ''boys'' seek a price (v. 12). The cross separates the true from the false. The false are concerned about self (v. 13); the true are concerned about Christ (v. 14). The cross separates the living from the dead. The dead seek man's means (v. 15a); the living seek God's means (vv. 15b-16). The cross separates the committed from the uncommitted. The uncommitted harass God's church (v. 17); the committed bless God's church (v. 18).
Key verse: v. 14 ''But God forbid that I should boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.''
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Rev. Mark Henninger received his Masters of Divinity from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois, and he has been Pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Peoria, Illinois for more than 30 years.
