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This little daily blurb seems to point out the real difference between the
Mormon religion and living by faith
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"For I determined to not know anything among you, save Jesus Christ, and Him
crucified" (I Corinthians 2:2).
Religion seeks to reform a man; the Cross seeks to crucify him. Religion
may fail to bring about the desired result, but the Cross never fails to
achieve its end. Mankind will pursue morality, virtue, spirituality, even
perform religious works and good deeds, in order to avoid death on a Cross.
But there are no wounds, no scars, no evidence of having ever died and been
made alive unto God. Either a man has never died, or he has died and been
raised again. You cannot fake a resurrection.
The Cross is the means by which God reduces us to Christ, that we may be
raised to new Life. What cannot be accomplished in a lifetime of self-effort
is easily accomplished in God through the Cross. We may take many shortcuts
along the way and attempt to escape the inevitable, but the day we cease
striving and meekly accept the Cross we find everything is done for us.
In fact, death by crucifixion cannot be accomplished by suicide. We cannot
crucify ourselves. The instrument of our death is chosen for us, as well as
the manner in which it is carried out, the timing and the duration of the
execution - all is controlled by Another. There is nothing to be done,
for we must submit to the Unseen Hand and cast ourselves completely upon
Him.
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