THE RAW TRUTH OF CRUCIFIXION
The Romans perfected slow death. Hours of calculated agony. Public humiliation before final surrender.
And Paul says: "This is my only boast."
Not his Damascus Road encounter.
Not his missionary journeys.
Not his church plants.
Not his revelations.
Just the cross.
The instrument that killed his Savior became the lens through which he viewed everything.
THE COMFORTABLE CHRISTIAN DELUSION
You hang crosses on your walls.
You wear them around your neck.
You stamp them on your Bible.
Yet you flinch when life breaks skin.
When the boss humiliates you.
When the diagnosis comes.
When the marriage collapses.
When the child rebels.
You follow Christ until following hurts.
You worship surrender until something's demanded.
You admire sacrifice on Sunday.
You avoid it Monday through Saturday.
THE CROSS WASN'T INVITATION—IT WAS INVASION
God didn't just forgive at Calvary.
He invaded.
The cross thrust divine violence against your kingdoms:
Your comfort.
Your reputation.
Your autonomy.
Your plans.
Your rights.
Your life.
You want redemption without blood.
Resurrection without death.
Glory without grave.
Christ offers none of that.
YOUR CHRISTIAN LIFE REVEALS WHAT YOU TRULY BELIEVE
Men who glory in the cross don't fear being called:
Fools.
Failures.
Fanatics.
Paul's enemies saw him as embarrassment.
His friends saw him as extreme.
Most would have counseled moderation.
He chose the scandal.
Your careful, calculated discipleship—safeguarded against real cost—reveals your true gospel: personal improvement with minimal disruption.
CRUCIFIXION NEVER HAPPENS HALFWAY
Two thousand years of church history have sanitized what Paul meant.
The cross wasn't inspiring.
It wasn't beautiful.
It wasn't comfortable.
It was Rome's most gruesome deterrent against rebellion.
It meant:
The end of self-protection.
The end of self-direction.
The end of self.
Not metaphorically.
Literally.
THE CROSS IS WHERE GOD'S JUSTICE AND MERCY COLLIDED
At Golgotha, the Father didn't restrain His justice.
He unleashed it.
Not because He's cruel.
Because He's holy.
Your sin required blood—either yours or His Son's.
When you see the cross only as salvation-by-transaction, you miss its brutal majesty:
God tearing His own heart open.
God absorbing His own judgment.
God killing death with death.
This is not sentiment.
This is slaughter.
His.
For you.
YOU DON'T GET TO FOLLOW CHRIST WHERE YOU CHOOSE
"Take up your cross daily and follow Me."
Not your preferences.
Not your interpretation.
Not your comfortable version.
Your cross.
Your execution.
Your death.
Daily.
You don't get to select your suffering.
You don't get to schedule your surrender.
You don't get to customize your crucifixion.
You die where He leads you to die.
THE BIBLICAL MAN: WHERE COMFORTABLE CHRISTIANITY COMES TO DIE
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