"We often hear the phrase, "the
crux of the matter" or "the crux of a situation." The word "crux" comes
from Medieval Latin, and simply means cross. Why has the word
"crux" come to be associated with a critical juncture or point in time?
Because the Cross of Christ is truly the crux of history. Without the
Cross, history itself cannot be defined or corrected.
There is another word we often
hear when we are in the throes of indescribable pain, the word,
"excruciating." That, too, derives from the Latin and means "out of the
cross." Across time and human experience, the historical event of the
Cross intersects time and space and speaks to the deepest hurts of the
human heart.
But we live with more than pain
and suffering. We also live with deep hungers within the human heart,
such as the hunger for truth, for justice, forgiveness, and peace. As I
see it, there is only one place in the world where these hungers
converge: it is in the Cross of Christ, where perfect peace and perfect
justice became united in one death on a Friday afternoon.
All earthly relationships as we know them will someday end.The Cross more than ever, in our language and in our longings, is necessary to bridge the divide between God and us and between ourselves." Ravi Zacharias
For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness;
but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.
1 Corinthians 1:18
