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Galatians chapter 6, verse 14.

Paul says, but far be it from me to boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ,

by which the world has been crucified to me and I to the world. What a statement.

Paul saying that he has one boast in this life and it's nothing in the world. It's only in

Christ and specifically the cross of Christ. For at the cross I see I am dead to the world and the world is dead to me.

That this world has nothing for me.

Christ is everything to me.

The cross is everything to me because it reconciles me to God and this is my greatest

need.

So this is my only boast. And yet when I think about

that, I think about, well, is everything in the world bad? I mean, obviously there are good things in the

world. So families, it's not bad. Friends are not bad. So everything's not bad. And even when I think

about boasting, I think about my kids when I watch my

four-year-old son this morning at a swim lesson and he's learning to swim. Like, I'm kind of proud of

him as I'm watching him. Or when I see my wife recognized by people for her gifts and skills, I'm kind of prone to boast in that.

So is that bad? But this is where we realize the beauty of what Paul's saying here and the beauty of

the cross. Because apart from the cross, apart from Christ's death on our behalf,

we deserve nothing but condemnation from God.

If our sin is not paid for, then what do we receive before God?

We receive judgment, condemnation.

And as a result, every good thing we receive ultimately flows from the cross every good thing

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