 Christ bears the wounds of the church, his body, just as he bore the wounds of crucifixion. I sometimes wonder which have hurt worse. Author: Philip Yancey
Source: The Jesus I Never Knew |
| Christ died to save this lost world; he did not come to destroy, maim or pour out wrath. Author: David Wilkerson |
| Jesus defeated satan in Gethsemane on the cross, not by directly confronting the devil, but by fulfilling the destiny to which He had been called. The greatest battle that was ever won was accomplished by the apparent death of the victor, without even a word of rebuke to His adversary! Author: Francis Frangipane |
| Easter spells out beauty, the rare beauty of new life. Author: S.D. Gordon |
| In Christ, troubles are turned into triumph, so in Him we look at what is coming as the times of the greatest triumphs the world has ever known! The conclusion of all things is that we win! The cross will prevail. This is the foundational truth that all of our understanding of these times must be based on. Author: Rick Joyner |
| From my many years experience I can unhesitatingly say that the cross bears those who bear the cross. Author: Sadhu Sundar Singh |
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| The cross is like a walnut whose outer rind is bitter, but the inner kernel is pleasant and invigorating. So the cross does not offer any charm of outward appearance, but to the cross-bearer its true character is revealed, and he finds in it the choicest sweets of spiritual peace. Author: Sadhu Sundar Singh |
| Such was God's original love for man that He was willing to stoop to any sacrifice to save him; and the gift of a Saviour was the mere expression of that love. Author: Albert Barnes |
| His brokenhearted cry on the cross, "Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do," shows God's heart toward sinners. Author: John R. Rice |
| The point of the death of Christ is that Christ took on the sins of the world, so that what we put out did not come back to us, and that our sinful nature does not reap the obvious death. That's the point. It should keep us humbled... It's not our own good works that get us through the gates of Heaven. Author: Bono |
| But with Christ, we have access in a one-to-one relationship, for, as in the Old Testament, it was more one of worship and awe, a vertical relationship. The New Testament, on the other hand, we look across at a Jesus who looks familiar, horizontal. The combination is what makes the Cross. Author: Bono |
| God's love is his holiness reaching out to sinners; grace is but the price that his love pays to his holiness; the cross is but its victory over sin and death; and faith is but the way in which we bring our worship to him who is holy. Author: David F. Wells |
