The Message of the Cross

1st Corinthians 1:17— “For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the Gospel, not with wisdom of words, lest the Cross of Christ should be made of non effect”

At the Lighthouse we preach Christ and Him Crucified. Why? In this one verse, the great Apostle Paul tells us what the Gospel of Jesus Christ actually is. It is the Message of the Cross. This means if the preacher is not preaching the Cross, whatever it is he is preaching, in its own way my be good, but it’s not the Gospel and it will not help anyone. The only Message that will save, heal, sanctify, bless, instruct, empower, is the Message of the Cross. It is not a message of diplomacy, rather an ultimatum. The Cross or nothing.