There is nothing like the cross. It is both the righteousness of God against sin, and the righteousness of God in pardoning sin. It is the end of the world of judgment, and the beginning of the world of life... If a person follows the world, he is an enemy of the cross of Christ. As Christians we have to look into it—how far this vain show puts a spider—film over our hearts. If I take the glory of the world that crucified Christ, I am glorying in my shame.