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The cross is not a fashion statement!
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1 Peter 2:24, "He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree!"

The cross is the symbol of the shame and suffering of Jesus' crucifixion.

Wearing a cross as a mere piece of jewelry, is a form of sacrilege--reducing the sacred symbol of Christ's sin-atoning sacrifice to a mere ornament. The cross is not a fashion statement, but the emblem of our Lord's suffering and death. To treat it lightly, is to trample upon the solemn truths of Calvary, where the Son of God bore the wrath of the Father in the place of His elect people. Such careless use dishonors the gospel, making what is holy into something trivial.

However, if one wears the cross as a means of confessing Jesus before men and remembering His redeeming work, then it may serve as a constant reminder of the believer's call to take up his own cross daily in humble submission to the Lord. But to wear it in vanity, devoid of true devotion--is to mock the very blood by which sinners are saved.

The danger of wearing a cross as a mere trinket, lies in the heart's posture toward Christ and His sin-atoning death. If the cross is worn thoughtlessly, as a token of worldly fashion--then it is emptied of its meaning and treated with irreverence. The cross is the throne of the crucified King, where divine justice and mercy met, where Christ bore the curse of the law on behalf of His people. To wear it frivolously, without submission to the One who hung upon it, is to rob it of its solemnity and turn it into an object of vanity. True reverence for the cross of Jesus is not found in its outward display, but in a heart humbled before God, clinging to the crucified Savior in faith. Let us, then, honor the cross--not merely in app
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