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The Glory of The Cross (Paperback)
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The missionary among Moslems (to whom the Cross of CHRIST is a
stumbling-block and the atonement foolishness) is driven daily to
deeper meditation on this mystery of redemption and to a stronger
conviction that here is the very heart of our message and our
mission. The secret of the missionary passion. If the Cross of
CHRIST is anything to the mind, it is surely everything -- the most
profound reality and the sublimest mystery. One comes to realize
that literally all the wealth and glory of the Gospel centres here.
The Cross is the pivot as well as the centre of New Testament
thought. It is the exclusive mark of the Christian faith, the
symbol of Christianity and its cynosure. The more unbelievers deny
its crucial character, the more do believers find in it the key to
the mysteries of sin and suffering. We rediscover the apostolic
emphasis on the Cross when we read the Gospel with Moslems. We find
that although the offence of the Cross remains, its magnetic power
is irresistible. The following chapters are the result of
meditations on the passion of our Lord and His Death on the Cross
in the midst of men who deny the historicity of the crucifixion and
the necessity of the atonement. But the Moslem is not alone in his
denial. The message of the Cross has always been an outrage and a
scandal, a superfluity of foolishness to the worldly-wise. Yet it
is CHRIST on the Cross who will finally draw all men to Himself.
Under the shadow of the Cross is rest and peace. The glory of the
Cross is as real as its shame; and to meditate on the shame is to
see the glory. The Cross interprets sin and righteousness and love.
It is the power of GOD and the wisdom of GOD. Its shadow is the
longest shadow in the world, because it fell even on the
Resurrection morning. "He showed them His hands and His side." Did
He ever show them to you? Then were the disciples glad when they
saw the scars of the Risen Lord. "But God forbid that I should
glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the
world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world" (Galatians 6:14).
Samuel Marinus Zwemer, 1867-1952] Samuel Zwemer was called to
preach the Gospel to Muslims, and he is without doubt the greatest
missionary to the Islamic world. On June 28, 1890, he began his
mission, sailing from the United States on a Dutch liner the Obdam.
Zwemer stopped in Europe to meet with other evangelical groups and
then traveled to Beirut. Zwemer traveled throughout much of the
Muslim world proclaiming the Gospel of Jesus including the Balkans,
India, China, Africa, the Middle East.
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