54. Chapter 8: The Imperatives of the Cross

The Imperatives of the Cross

Chapter 8

It is very remarkable how clearly and unhesitatingly the Word of God emphasizes the imperatives of the cross and the obligations resulting from the cross. And yet that is just what we might expect. The imperative note of the Word of God is clearly and distinctly sounded as it summons the believer to a walk of truth and of obedience. For this reason the Lord Jesus Christ did not come to the cross for a mere ideal, but to meet a tremendous, actual need and to lead everyone who should believe in Him and who should yield to Him into an experience of the most practical nature of what Christian living and Christian serving really means. I believe that that experience can only be realized and enjoyed as there is given deliberate and personal obedience to the great imperatives of the cross.