Mystery of the Cross

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[besie]ge, or rather obsess us from within and surround us from without, one must be enrolled under the banner of the Cross, and have as Captain and Leader of this Company, JESUS, the great Cross-Bearer The author uses the term "Porte-Croix" to emphasize Jesus not just as a savior, but as the one who leads the way by carrying the primary burden..

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At that time, I was not in a state, as I informed you, to give you the satisfaction you desired from me; and perhaps I would never have been, had the Lord not made His arm heavy upon me with a cross quite long and heavy. While robbing me of rest, liberty, and what the world calls honor and reputation on the outside, it procured for me another referring to a spiritual state or reputation on the inside, which surpasses, beyond comparison, all the little crosses original: "croisettes." The author uses this diminutive to contrast minor external troubles with the profound weight of internal spiritual trials. on the outside: for it is a two-edged sword A scriptural allusion to Hebrews 4:12, describing the Word of God or divine intervention as a blade that pierces the innermost parts of a person., which separates the soul from the body, and the spirit from the soul, through a very painful martyrdom, but