Cross of Christ
Illustration★★★★OF CHRIST In George Bernard Shaw’s play about Joan of Arc, when Joan is about to be burned at the stake, she turns to those in authority who have condemned her and says: “I will go out now to the common people and let the love in their eyes comfort me for the hate in yours. You will be glad to see me burned. But as I go through the fire, I shall go through it to their hearts, forever and ever.” Exactly! That’s exactly what the great God Almighty has done through the Crucifixion! He has come through it to our hearts, forever and ever, to bring us from death to life. Of that we are convinced!
The point
Applying Joan of Arc's defiant speech to Christ's crucifixion: Christ went through fire to reach human hearts forever, transforming death into life.
Scripture
1 Corinthians 15:57
Audience
Adults
Tone
Powerful · Triumphant
To tell aloud
under a minute · 118 words
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