Jesus died so that you might die. Jesus arose so that you might live to this resurrected

righteous standard. Dr. Tony Evans explains how an event from the past can revolutionize your future.

Even though the cross was 2,000 years ago, it became effectual to you the moment you believed. This is the alternative broadcast, featuring

the timeless biblical teachings from the archives of Dr. Tony Evans. If God wanted to forgive our

sins, all he had to do was do it. So why did Jesus have to suffer and die? Dr. Evans will actually give us three answers

to that question as he talks to us about the purpose of the cross. Let's join him.

Our series is called Returning to the Cross. The Cross is the centerpiece of our faith because

it represents the sacrificial atoning work of Jesus Christ.

It is the centerpiece.

Everything else revolves around it has to pass through it or point to it.

The cross has a threefold relationship to us.

It has a past relationship called justification where God declares the sinner righteous.

It has a future relationship called glorification,

where we will be eternally transformed to live in the presence of God forever.

But my concern as I walk through this series is the present purpose of the cross in the life of the believer,

and that's called sanctification.

That is where God transforms the life of the sinner who has become a saint

and is now part of the family of God.

What I am discovering to our great chagrin is that many Christians,

and I may not be going too far out to say most Christians, have lost sight of the cross.

They've not lost sight of it in terms of justification.

They know that they got saved when they placed faith in Jesus Christ

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