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What Is God Doing On A Cross

Everyone has seen pictures of Jesus on the cross. No matter what you believe, what you think about religion, or whether you even want to think about religion, you have seen the images.Do these images of Jesus on the cross matter to you? Do you ever think about Jesus on the cross, about what it means and why he is on the cross? Does it have anything to do with us or with you?After all, hanging on a cross is a death sentence. The Romans, used crucifixion as a death sentence more than two-thousand years ago. This form of punishment was a very slow, excruciating method of carrying out capital punishment. Only criminals experienced this form of execution.For Jesus, his punishment was even more severe than the typical criminal. “Finally, Pilate handed him over to them to be crucified” (John 19:16). Then the real brutality began.How could the God of the entire universe everbe placed in a situation where he would haveto go through something like this and Why?As you reflect on your life, perhaps you feel empty inside, you know something is missing. You are searching for something but you just can’t put your finger on it. You continue to wonder; is this all there is to life? Is there any meaning? Is there something better? Why am I here and what is my purpose?If you have just the slightest feeling that something is missing in your life, I urge you to keep searching. There are plenty of resources you can turn to, to learn about God. Don’t stop searching!I know many of us as Christians have done a poor job of sharing our gospel (good news) of God with you, in fact were not just bad at it, we can be terrible at it. Not only that, you may have witnessed the ugliness that “Christians” sometimes show to others that don’t believe in God. I know “Christians” can really be bad at times. We are not as perfect as we would like everyone to believe.We can be prejudiced, hurtful, unloving, sarcastic, rude, and just plain mean. We get so zealous about what we believe we get angry and frustrated when talking with others and our anger gets

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