Attraction of the cross - Spring - I - Chapter 1 (The narrative of the cross)

Required reading
The attraction of the cross by Gardiner Spring (Available from Amazon or free here) - Read Chapter 1 (The narrative of the cross).

My summary
Today we begin a new work on the cross of Christ.

Spring introduces his work with a chapter retelling, in his own words, the life of Christ from birth to death.

What grabbed me
I liked the end of the chapter: 'The Cross will be remembered when everything else is forgotten. It has intrinsic power, and God himself has invested it with attractions peculiarly its own. The Scriptures point to the Cross, and say, "Behold the Lamb of God !" The most emphatic announcement they make is, " Behold the Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world !" The brightest and most wondrous vision of John, of all he beheld on earth when lightened by the glory of the descending angel, and of all be beheld in heaven, was that of which he says, " I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne, and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the Elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain!''

Nothing will interest you like the Cross. Nothing can do for you what the Cross has done.'

The cross is indeed worthy of our study!

Next week's reading
Read Chapter 2 (The truth of the cross).

Now it's your turn
Please post your own notes and thoughts in the comments section below.