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  CONCERNING THE CROSS OF CHRIST
  by George Fox
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Summary: The Cross of Christ is a symbol of separation from evil and a
connection to God's eternal love, which brings us into the inheritance
and allows us to see God in the eternal light.

Topics: "The Cross", "Sanctification"
Scripture References: Matthew 16:24, Romans 12:2, 1 Corinthians 1:18, James 4:4, 1 John 2:15

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George Fox preaches about the transformative power of the Cross,
emphasizing the need to separate from worldly desires and thoughts to
fully embrace God's love. He explains that taking up the Cross means
leaving behind the temporary world and its evils to enter into the
eternal realm of God's pure wisdom and light. By dwelling in the Cross
and denying worldly temptations, one can experience the overflowing love
of God and inherit an eternal treasure that is undefiled.

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THE Cross . . . being minded, which is Pure and Eternal, it makes a
Separation from all other Lovers (and brings to God) and the ground of
evil Thoughts comes to be opened, . . . which Cross overturns the World
in the Heart. Which Cross must be taken up by all, who follow Jesus
Christ, out of the World, which hath an End, into the World which is
without End; and all the evil things of the World must be denied: . . .
where the World is standing, the Cross is not lived in. . . .

But dwelling in the Cross to the World, here the Love of God is shed
abroad in the Heart . . . and the Way is opened into the Inheritance,
which fades not away; where nothing shall enter, which is defiled. For
God is not seen but in the Eternal Light, from whence all pure Wisdom
comes.

This Treasure is not seen, but with the Spiritual Eye; nor received, but
with the Pure in Heart and by those who dwell and abide in the Eternal
Light.

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Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/george-fox/concerning-the-cross-of-christ/
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