The structure of the Cross A Distraction

I see the structure of a cross as a representation of Christianity, as a distraction. We owned a business, a customer came in wearing a huge gold cross, I asked him what he thought that cross did for him. His answer was that it protected him from the police. He was clearly a drug dealer flashing around a large wad of bills. He used that symbol as an amulet like a magic charm that did his bidding.

Objects always get perverted because mankind cannot seem to believe in anything unless they have something to look at. Remove their idols and watch them self destruct. It is best to preach "walking by faith", forcing them to turn to an unseen God rather than trusting in an inanimate object that has no power at all.


Many people who are not born again feel safe because there is a cross in the room. Remove their object of perceived safety and they will better hear the gospel.

We see no command in the Word of God to place a cross as a representation, what we do hear God say is this: "walk by faith not by sight."

It is human nature to place our trust in things we can see. Eliminate those objects and one is force to look to the unseen Holy God instead.