We cannot go back to Calvary. The cross was an event in history. It happened, never to be repeated. It was a deed of God determined, dared, and done. Our emotions may run high when we hear the words of the familiar spiritual, "Were you there when they crucified my Lord?" But, there is only one honest answer. No! We were not there. We are here, with two thousand years separating us from the cross on which our Lord died. The cross is dated; but, it is not out-dated. What happened then affects us now. Why? Because we come here today, not to admire a cross, but to adore a crucified Lord. The cross has rotted. The Lord has risen. The original cross of Calvary has long since rotted away and is no more. The crucified one is risen, and he lives forevermore.

This is good. It is not the wooden cross …