Crucified and cross have the same definition in Concordances and I use interchangeably both terms in my explanations.
The false teaching is Jesus dying on the cross and this is called Him being crucified. A correct teaching is Jesus denied self IE crucified through dying and His physical dying is not being crucified but His denying self is being crucified and this is before time, while He was dying and through eternity.
The false teaching is Jesus dying on the cross and this is called Him being crucified. A correct teaching is Jesus denied self IE crucified through dying and His physical dying is not being crucified but His denying self is being crucified and this is before time, while He was dying and through eternity.
The New Testament shows Christ was crucified died and rose from the dead and, by Greek definition, He figuratively denied self for His death on the cross. IE the NT exclusively shows one-way He was crucified denying self which resulted in His death, resurrection and bringing His blood as a sacrificial offering to His father.
Also, the Old Testament shows His crucifixion was self-denial which is a true understanding of God’s will. Abraham believed God would raise Isaac from the dead and God the Father believed He would raise Jesus because of Abrahams work of faith. Then God could allow His son Jesus to die and will raise Him. This could not have happened until man (Abraham) denied self and gave his son by a work of faith. Therefore, the OT shows Jesus was crucified same as Abraham’s faith of self-denial. Both Jesus and Abraham denied-self which allowed death, first Abraham for his son then God for His Son, Abraham son’s actual physical death was stopped by God because there was no need for this to happen.
Basis for this teaching
Preaching the cross or His crucifixion is preaching His death on the cross?
Preaching the cross is NOT preaching His death on the cross and scripture shows His cross, by Greek definition, is Him impaled on a wood stake and this seems to be an accurate understanding of preaching the cross. But further review of this scripture shows God’s understanding of what preaching the cross is. The cross is defined as a stake and figuratively self-denial per Greek definition. 1 Corinthians 1:18. By definition figurative language is new insight into a word. This new insight (Self-Denial) is God’s insight and is beyond the insight of being impaled on the cross. Figuratively, exposure to death, IE self-denial is to deny self and when we deny self He can live in us and we are following in His footsteps same as when He denied self unto death on the cross.
Example of usage of figuratively:
http://examples.yourdictionary.com/examples-of-figurative-language.html
Vocabulary.com figuratively/literally
http://www.vocabulary.com/articles/chooseyourwords/figuratively-literally/
The Greek definition of Deny in Matthew 16:24 when Jesus said let him deny is to lose one’s self-interest.