Matt 26 30 45 Cherishing The Cross (Good Friday 2008)

CHERISHING THE CROSS

Good Friday 21 Mar 2008

WHY CHERISHING THE CROSS?

We cherish the cross

because in it

is the key to victory


1. There is POWER in the cross

1 Corinthians 1:17-18 (NIV)For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel—not with words of human wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power. For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.


1. There is POWER in the cross

There is a MYSTERIOUS and POWERFUL transforming power in the cross!


1. There is POWER in the cross2. There is COMFORT in the cross2 Corinthians 1:5 (NIV)

For just as the sufferings of Christ flow over into our lives, so also through Christ our comfort overflows.

Matthew 5:4 (NIV)Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.


1. There is POWER in the cross2. There is COMFORT in the cross



1. There is POWER in the cross2. There is COMFORT in the cross3. There is INTIMACY in the cross

Philippians 3:10-11 (NIV)I want to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and the fellowship of sharing in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, and so, somehow, to attain to the resurrection from the dead.


1. There is POWER in the cross2. There is COMFORT in the cross3. There is INTIMACY in the cross


Thập Tự Xưa (TC#374)

1. Thập tự xưa sừng sững cao

Dựng tận trên sườn núi xa

Như tiêu biểu cho muôn sầu khổ sỉ nhục

Lòng tôi yêu thập giá xưa

Nơi Vua Vinh Diệu Chí Cao

Thay nhân thế hư hoại chết cách đau thương.


Lòng tôi say mê bóng dáng thập tự xưa

Vui lòng đầu phục tận hiến cả cuộc đời.

Lòng ôm ấp mối quyến luyến với thập tự

Sẽ biến nên mão vinh diệu cho chính tôi.

Matthew 26:26-29 (NIV)

26 While they were eating, Jesus took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to his disciples, saying, “Take and eat; this is my body.”

27 Then he took the cup, gave thanks and offered it to them, saying, “Drink from it, all of you.

28 This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.

29 I tell you, I will not drink of this fruit of the vine from now on until that day when I drink it anew with you in my Father’s kingdom.”


1. Thập tự xưa sừng sững cao

Dựng tận trên sườn núi xa

Như tiêu biểu cho muôn sầu khổ sỉ nhục

Lòng tôi yêu thập giá xưa

Nơi Vua Vinh Diệu Chí Cao

Thay nhân thế hư hoại chết cách đau thương.







2. Thập tự xưa hình xấu xa

Toàn trần gian đều mỉa mai

Nhưng thu hút tôi bằng tình yêu âm thầm

Vì Chiên Con từ Chúa Cha

Rời trời cao đầy hiển vinh

Mang gian ác đau buồn ở Gô-gô-tha







1. On the hill far a-way

stood an old rug-ged cross,

The em-blem of suf-fering and shame;

And I love that old cross

where the dear-est and best

For a world of lost sin-ners was slain.


So I'll cher-ish the old rug-ged cross,

Till my tro-phies at last I lay down;

I will cling to the old rug-ged cross,

And ex-change it some day for a crown.


3. To the old rug-ged cross

I will ev-er be true,

Its shame and re-proach glad-ly bear;

Then He'll call me some day

to my home far a-way,

Where His glo-ry for ev-er I'll share.


So I'll cher-ish the old rug-ged cross,

Till my tro-phies at last I lay down;

I will cling to the old rug-ged cross,

And ex-change it some day for a crown.

Spiritual

Matt 26 30 45 Cherishing The Cross (Good Friday 2008)