 What a great God we have! Not only does he redeem us through the ignominious crucifixion of his much-loved Son, but he sends us his Spirit to enable us to understand what he has done. So obtuse and blind are we that we would not have begun to grasp "what God has freely given us" unless God had taken this additional step. Author: D.A. Carson |
| Calvary not merely made possible the salvation of those for whom Christ died; it ensured that they would be brought to faith and their salvation made actual. Author: J.I. Packer |
| By the cross we know the gravity of sin and the greatness of God's love toward us. Author: John Chrysostom |
| Can we wish, if it were possible, to walk in a path strewed with flowers when His was strewed with thorns? Author: John Newton
Source: The Works of John Newton |
| Come, and see the victories of the cross. Christ's wounds are thy healings, His agonies thy repose, His conflicts thy conquests, His groans thy songs, His pains thine ease, His shame thy glory, His death thy life, His sufferings thy salvation. Author: Matthew Henry |
| All heaven is interested in the cross of Christ, all hell terribly afraid of it, while men are the only beings who more or less ignore its meaning. Author: Oswald Chambers |
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| Suffering is the heritage of the bad, of the penitent, and of the Son of God. Each one ends in the cross. The bad thief is crucified, the penitent thief is crucified, and the Son of God is crucified. By these signs we know the widespread heritage of suffering. Author: Oswald Chambers
Source: Christian Discipline. |
| We need men of the cross, with the message of the cross, bearing the marks of the cross. Author: Vance Havner |
| Whenever I see myself before God and realize something of what my blessed Lord has done for me at Calvary, I am ready to forgive anybody anything. I cannot withhold it. I do not even want to withhold it. Author: Martyn Lloyd-Jones |
| "Out, damned spot!" That is the true cry of human nature. That stain cannot be removed without blood, and that which is infinitely more, and deeper, and profounder, and more terrible than blood, of which blood is but the symbol - the suffering of Deity. Author: G. Campbell Morgan |
| Love was compressed for all history in that lonely figure on the cross, who said that he could call down angels at any moment on a rescue mission, but chose not to - because of us. At Calvary, God accepted his own unbreakable terms of justice. Author: Philip Yancey |
| Any discussion of how pain and suffering fit into God's scheme ultimately leads back to the cross. Author: Philip Yancey |
