What is it about the Crucifixion which causes it to be the essential element of faith, the indispensable principle of Christianity? The Apostle Paul said he only wanted to know Jesus Christ and him crucified… he would not boast of anything else.

The Cross is the turning point where a person finishes one life and begins another. The Bible tells the story of a venomous snake which was poisoning the Israelites as they travelled in the desert after their exodus from Egypt. God’s antidote method was to get Moses to make a bronze replica of the snake and put it on a pole. Anyone bitten by one of the snakes only had to look at the bronze snake and they were saved from death.

Jesus himself referred to this incident saying that he would be lifted up just like the bronze snake. Those who believe on him and see him as God’s remedy for our sin will have eternal life.

The Christian life is not complicated, nor do we have to read a mountain of books to understand it. Simply accept that we all have sinned and forfeited life. God’s remedy is simple… LOOK and LIVE. That moment we believe we begin a new life in Christ.

Ref. Nu. 21:8-9; John 3:14-15; 1 Cor. 2:2. NIV.