Understanding the Message of the Cross of Jesus Christ: Why Jesus Is the Only Way to Salvation

Reviewed by Richard R. Blake for Reader Views (2/09} The proclamation of the gospel of the cross of Jesus Christ is the most powerful and most life-changing message available to man today. In "Understanding the Message of the Cross of Jesus Christ," Dr. Jaerock Lee answers the question: Why is Jesus the only way to salvation? He helps the reader develop a firm foundation for the Christian life as he provides a deeper understanding of the unfathomable providence of God and His love. Dr. Lee helps Christians and non-Christians alike consider the existence of God, His invisible attributes, His eternal power, and His divine nature. He clearly communicates theological terminology in understandable layman's terms. Beginning by establishing that God is the Creator and that the Bible is the way to know and meet God, Dr. Lee goes on to reveal God's plan of salvation and the promise of eternal life. He starts with the Biblical story of the creation of man found in the book of Genesis to show how God both created and cultivated man before sin entered into the picture. Dr. Lee discusses in detail the Garden of Eden and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil in the midst of the garden. He answers the question of how Adam's sin can be passed on to men today and why God prepared a place like hell. He talks about the way to find true happiness, eternal life and heaven. Step by step he reveals to the reader the reason why Jesus came to earth in the flesh, was afflicted, suffered, and died on the cross to provide salvation. Jesus was blameless, was crucified on our behalf, and opened the way of God's salvation to us. Lee incorporates vivid descriptive word pictures that graphically depict the suffering of Jesus on the cross with observations and comments that gave me, personally, a new appreciation and understanding of the seven last spoken words of Jesus. Dr. Lee demonstrates amazing insight into human nature and man's depravity. He cautions the Christian to beware of heresy and of the need to discern spirits of error. "Understanding the Message of the Cross of Jesus Christ" by Dr. Jaerock Lee is a wake up call to Christians and a warning of coming judgment and its consequences for the unbeliever. Dr. Lee's writing is biblically sound. His message is an uncompromised affirmation of the Gospel of Christ.