The Suffering Christ

Why do millions of Christians wear a symbol of death and suffering, the cross?

How many understand that Christ overcame the cross. He rose above the suffering.

Jesus sacrificed his life for his beliefs. Jesus, the man, died.

Jesus, the Christ, survived, teaching the lesson that life is endless.

You have lived and died many times. You have come here to suffer. Your belief that God requires a martyr drives this.

Christianity has embraced this concept. The suffering Messiah.

Suffering is not a path to God.

Forgiveness, Love and Mercy are the characteristics of Christ. These are his attributes. He did not ask you to suffer. He showed you how to rise above it.

Love one another as I have loved you.

Do unto one another as you would have done to you.

Forgive them Father, for they know not what they are doing.

These are his words and his healing message.

Christ asked you to do miracles in his name.

He was a fisher of men.

That was the early Christian symbol.