That You Might Not Be Offended

The night Jesus was betrayed, he warned his disciples that they would stumble because of him. They would see his cross and be offended by it. The cross is the central offense of human history, for in the cross we are forced to see our own need and his call to take up that cross and follow. Jesus had been using offense to prepare his disciples. He told the about the suffering to come so that they would not be offended by it.