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benefit our standing with man but the righteous works of faith

by obedience to the Gospel will cause the word of God to be in

effect for our lives and we will be changed by regeneration. 1

Corinthians 2:5 that your faith should not stand in the wisdom of

men, but in the power of God. The Cross-is the power. We must

by faith in obedience to God receive this. Philippians 3:18 For

many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you

even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ:

This scripture is now more real to me than ever before. I see the

rebellion that exists in the church, and their attitude toward the
cross. They are very glad that Jesus took his up, but they refuse

their own. As long as this is the case there shall be no power in

the body, for the cross is to us that believe, the power of God. In

A.D. 313 Constantine with his army marched into Italy to take

the throne from Maxentius, who was a brutal Persecutor of

Christians, also he was a magician and a Pagan. It was a brutal

conflict and would have ended in defeat for Constantine but

Jesus Christ appeared to him and some of his soldiers. He

encouraged Constantine to carry the cross before him into the

battle and He would defeat all his enemies. Constantine won the

battle and the persecution was ended. The cross before me, the

world behind me, as the song goes. A crucified life is the key to

victory. Jesus said this, Matthew 10:38 And he that taketh not

his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me. Paul

expounded, Galatians 6:14 But God forbid that I should glory,

save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is