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Fellowship of Christian Magicians (UK)
Paper Cross Paper Fold (by Peter Gardner)

Many of you have probably seen the paper fold and cut routine where a piece of paper is folded up and then with one straight cut the cross is produced. I think that this was first described in a small pamphlet called "Willane's Wizardry".

There are several alternatives using this simple fold and cut and we will describe some of them, as they can be used for different talks.

The diagram below shows how to fold the paper and cut it once to make a church altar complete with lighted candles. We use A4 sized paper but you can use A3 if you want a bigger picture. It will probably work just as well with foolscap sized paper as well.

All the information that you need is in the diagrams below.

Diagram 1. Fold the top short edge AB across to AC

Diagram 2. Fold point A down to E to give you Diagram 3.

Diagram 3. Fold BC over to EA to give Diagram 4.

Diagram 4. Bold BCAE over to D to give Diagram 5.

Diagram 5. Cut all the way up the centre.

You do not throw any of the pieces away in any of the various options. Each piece is used.

The second option gives you the cross of Jesus and the word HELL. The story being that if you take away the cross of Jesus then all you have left to you is HELL. To make HELL use the two large L shaped pieces as the two letter l's. The two smaller L shaped pieces and one of the small square pieces form the letter E and the two upright pieces and the remaining square piece form the letter H.

The third option gives you the cross of Jesus and the word Life produced as in the picture above.

The fourth option and our favourite is Calvary. You get the cross of Jesus plus a smaller cross either side. The banner on top of Jesus's cross that Pilate put there saying Jesus of Nazareth King of The Jews. You get the spear in Jesus's side plus the two dice that the soldiers rolled to decide who should get his robe. One of the large L shaped pieces plus one of the small L shaped pieces make the cross each side of Jesus's cross. If you lay the smaller L piece on the larger one in the right way it will make a cross. One of the upright pieces becomes the banner above Jesus's head. The other one is laid diagonally against the large cross, this is the spear in Jesus's side. The two small square pieces are the dice and are placed at the foot of the cross.

 

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奇妙十字架剪紙法
By 得人漁夫 · Updated over a year ago
奇妙十字架剪紙法
有位美國宣教士到中國傳福音被捕入獄。他入獄後依然堅持不懈給獄中的人傳福音。軍官很氣憤，想了一個辦法作弄他。

有一天軍 官仍了一張紙一把剪刀給他，說：“如果你能用直線一刀解釋十字架的道理，那我就放了你，如果不能就槍斃！”

這位傳教士跪下禱告：“至高 全能的上帝，親愛的主耶穌基督，”求你憐憫你的百姓，賜下神跡救他們，因為在你沒有難成的事，讓他們知道你是創造宇宙萬物唯一的真神！”

當 他拿起紙和剪刀，真的用一剪刀剪出了一個十字架。

更奇妙的是，用剪下來的所有紙的碎片可以拍成“永生”的字樣。

而沒 有十字架的其餘碎片只能拼出“HELL”。

後來監獄中無論看守人員還是被囚的，很多人因此更加瞭解了十字架救恩的真理信主，那位傳教士 也因此被釋放。

神是如此神奇。讓我們不得不俯首在他的大智慧之下。