But in the opening chapters of 1 Corinthians, the apostle looks behind appearances and discerns what is at hand in the awful scene on Golgotha. “The Lord of glory” is an incongruous, even absurd description of one enduring the ignominy of crucifixion. Those who are familiar with the wording in scripture might well read right over this startling apostolic designation for Christ without pausing to consider it closely. Further in this vein, the apostle teaches that the “rulers of this age” (including both the humans involved and the demonic spiritual forces behind them) had not perceived the “wisdom of God” in what was happening when they condemned Jesus Christ, “for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory” (1 Cor. In this, Paul presents Christ on the cross as the victor, powerful over our enemies. 2:14), the apostle writes, “He disarmed the rulers and authorities and made a public example of them, triumphing over them in it” (Col. While not diminishing in any regard the sufferings Christ endured, Paul proclaims the victory of Christ on the cross.Īfter writing that the record of our sins has been set aside by God “nailing it to the cross” (Col.
He proceeds immediately to write that “the message about the cross is. The apostle warns against faulty attitudes toward the life of the church in Corinth, “so that the cross of Christ might not be emptied of its power” (1 Cor. While the cross certainly entailed horrendous sufferings, it is striking that Paul also associates Christ’s cross with power. The preaching and writings of the apostles are replete with references to the cross of Christ.
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