To tell the crux of the gospel today we must dig deep. Not many actually witnessed the Lord, Jesus, dying physically on the cross two thousand years ago. Not many even at the time. Now little except the first hand testimony of John in the Gospel of John and indirect testimony of Mary in the Gospels in general remains to tell about it authoritatively. It is challenged by Islamists who say Jesus did not die on the cross, and secularists, influential thought leaders and atheists who insist that the only claims of great weight we can make are those greatly backed up by verifiable evidence. The veracity of the Gospel testimony is truly known by those who choose to follow the commands and promises and persuasion of these accounts. Then we can know the reality of Jesus making himself known in fulfilment of these accounts, and we can then be more certain they must also be correct that Jesus indeed died on that cross for you, each one, and me, for the freeing of us from guilt and power of sin, and this means real hope in holding to Lord Jesus Christ’s teachings.
