 It was not the volume of sin that sent Christ to the cross; it was the fact of sin. Author: Ravi Zacharias |
| The single most important thread in working through your disappointments is that your heart and mind ponder and grasp what the cross of Jesus Christ is all about. There is no pattern without the cross. There is no Good News without it. That is what the gospel is all about. Author: Ravi Zacharias |
| The assurance of His total forgiveness of our sins through the blood of Christ means we don't have to play defensive games anymore. We don't have to rationalize and excuse our sins. We can call sin exactly what it is, regardless of how ugly and shameful it may be, because we know that Jesus bore that sin in His body on the cross. Author: Jerry Bridges |
| We must not forget that it wasn't the Jews that put him on the cross, and it wasn't the Romans. It was my sins, it was your sins, the sins of this world. Author: Franklin Graham |
| It was Christ who willingly went to the cross, and it was our sins that took him there. Author: Franklin Graham |
| Gospellers have much to say about what Christ's death accomplished for those who believe in Him, but very little is said about what that Death accomplished Godwards. The fact is that the death of Christ glorified God if never a single sinner had been saved by virtue of it. Author: A.W. Pink |
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| The cross is the lightning rod of grace that short-circuits God's wrath to Christ so that only the light of His love remains for believers. Author: A.W. Tozer |
| Jesus Christ went more willingly to the cross than we do to the throne of grace. Had not we need then provoke ourselves to duty? Author: Thomas Watson |
| If Christ thought the soul was worth the shedding of His blood, well may we think it worth spending our sweat. Author: Thomas Watson |
| The cross is the center of the world's history; the incarnation of Christ and the crucifixion of our Lord are the pivot round which all the events of the ages revolve. The testimony of Christ was the spirit of prophecy, and the growing power of Jesus is the spirit of history. Author: Alexander MacLaren |
| To be a follower of the Crucified Christ means, sooner or later, a personal encounter with the cross. And the cross always entails loss. Author: Elisabeth Elliot |
| Christ and His cross are not separable in this life, howbeit Christ and His cross part at heaven's door, for there is no house-room for crosses in heaven. One tear, one sigh, one sad heart, one fear, one loss, one thought of trouble cannot find lodging there. Author: Samuel Rutherford |
