A Gospel Awakening is when a person’s affections are gripped with the beauty of the holiness and love of God and broken by the depth of their own sin. Both are equally important. When one gets a glimpse of the holiness and love of God then and only then will one see how deeply sinful they truly are. Whenever we measure our righteousness in comparison to others instead of Christ we tend to have a truncated view of our own sinfulness. At a single glance at the cross one sees both the holiness and love of God and one’s sinfulness and brokenness. The cross shows us the only response a holy and righteous God can have toward sin, but it also shows us His amazing love in the sense that He poured out His wrath against our sin on His Son, Jesus Christ. The cross shows us how horrible our sin really is; not only in the horrific nature in which Christ was crucified but in the fact that the Father rejected Him so that we would be made acceptable before Him. He drank the cup of wrath that we rightly deserved so that we could drink of the cup of grace that we do not deserve. This single act should shock and astonish us. This should humble us with a deep sense of gratitude and security. We must live daily in full view of the cross. Click below to download full article.
