The Cross is Enough

Hebrews 6:4-6 (New Living Translation) 4 For it is impossible to bring back to repentance those who were once enlightened—those who have experienced the good things of heaven and shared in the Holy Spirit, 5 who have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the power of the age to come— 6 and who then turn away from God. It is impossible to bring such people back to repentance; by rejecting the Son of God, they themselves are nailing him to the cross once again and holding him up to public shame.

This verse used to cause me some issues. The idea that “it is impossible to bring such people back to repentance” is scary at the very least, but also a challenging statement. This challenges the idea that no one is too far gone to be brought back to repentance. So I struggled with this verse for quite a while.

Then last year a girl who used to be in a youth group I helped lead who was on my worship team made a post. Now, from what I can tell this girl is no longer living for God. It would appear that she is actually very opposed to anything related to God. At least the God of the bible. The post was a re-post and it said something to this extent. That Jesus dying on the cross wasn’t really that special. It was not any big sacrifice because He came back from the dead. That it was not really even an act of love because it didn’t really cost Him anything.

And all of the sudden this verse made sense to me. Because the cross of Jesus Christ is the greatest act of love that has or ever will occur in all of history. If it’s not good enough. If it’s not enough then there is nothing else. It is the only way to salvation. Christ died once for all. He will not be crucified again. If the cross is not enough there is nothing else. That is why it is impossible to be brought back to repentance. The cross is the only way to repentance.

Christ was tortured for you and me. He was beaten beyond all recognition. It was graphic and horrible. He went to His torturous death willing because He loved us so.

And through that death, He conquered death, hell, and the grave. Three days later He rose triumphantly from the grave. His death and resurrection are the cornerstone of our faith. With that resurrection, He brought life to this world. Now we can know when we put our hope in Jesus when we believe in Him that no matter what we face in this world we can go through it because of what the cross bought. It bought our freedom from death, hell, and the grave. Because of what Jesus did on the cross we have life. We have salvation!

The cross is enough! On the cross, we find everything we need. In Jesus, we find everything we need. We can never let the cross be something we take for granted. We should always be in awe of the cross. Both heartbroken and overjoyed by what Jesus did for us. As we approach Good Friday and Resurrection Sunday let’s remember the cross is enough!