Recently, during a conversation
with some young people, I was asked this question - "Do you suggest that
God's servants are to preach Christ crucified to the exclusion of everything
else?" My response was, "Certainly not. We are to preach Christ
crucified to the inclusion of everything else." You see, to preach Christ
crucified is to preach the whole counsel of God. Christ crucified is the
fulfillment of all the types and prophecies of the Old Testament, the foundation
of every doctrine of the Bible, and the basis of every precept in the
Scriptures. We cannot divorce Christ and him crucified
from any prophecy, doctrine, or precept of the Word of God. Everything in the
Bible must be understood in the light of the gospel of Christ and him crucified.