Message of the cross is the power of God to us who are being saved

Message of the cross is the power of God to us who are being saved

Rom 1:18

¹⁸ 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. ¹⁹ For it is written:

“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise;
    the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate.”^[c]

Rom 3:23

²² This righteousness is given through faith in^[h] Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference between Jew and Gentile, ²³ for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, ²⁴ and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.

Rom 6:23

²³ For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in^[b] Christ Jesus our Lord.

Rom 5:8

⁸ But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

Rom 10:9

 ⁹ If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 

Rom 10:13

“Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”^[f]

We learn the following the above verses

1)    Message of the cross is the power of God to us who are being saved

2)    Message of the cross is about God’s love for us

a.      All are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus

b.     The gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

c.      God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

d.     If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

e.     Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.