The Glory of the Cross

It is by the cross of Christ that I am separated from Adam—for I am crucified to the world—to the old man to Adam, so that I might be married to another, to Jesus Christ. As Calvin says, these words are exactly parallel with Phil. 3:7,8: “But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ; yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord; for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ.”

The Cross is God’s emphatic statement upon all the glory of this world—it is by the Cross that we see the world as it truly is, a strumpet with painted face, to lure us away from God, to entice us, just as the serpent enticed Eve.