Quotes about Sacrifice

The blood of Christ purchased the church.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. (John 3:16KJV).

It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God. MATTHEW 19:24

Many people ask about Christianity the same [way] they ask about everything else today: "What's in it for me?" In our selfishness, we think of God as we think of everyone else. What can He contribute to us, personally?

Why did Jesus Christ leave heaven's glory and enter this sin-infested world? For one reason: to make our eternal salvation possible.

The tragedy of sin reached its crescendo when God in Christ became sin... He was offering Himself as the sacrifice required by the justice of God if man was to be redeemed.

The tragedy of sin reached its crescendo when God in Christ became sin... He was offering Himself as the sacrifice required by the justice of God if man was to be redeemed.

Don't ever take God's judgment lightly—and don't ever take sin lightly. God doesn't take them lightly. The proof is that they cost His dear Son His life.

Christ was so intolerant of man's lost estate that He left His lofty throne in the heavenlies, took on Himself the form of man, suffered at the hands of evil men, and died a shameful death on a cruel cross to purchase our redemption. So serious was man's plight that the Lord could not look upon it lightly. With the love that was His, He could not be broad-minded about a world held captive by its lusts, its appetites, and its sins.

Jesus invited us not to a picnic, but to a pilgrimage. He offered us, not an excursion, but an execution. Our Savior said that we would have to be ready to die to self, sin, and the world.

Have you ever seen a person who was receiving a blood transfusion? The blood was precious, life-giving, and certainly not repulsive. The blood of Christ may seem to be a grim and repulsive subject... [but] the blood of Christ is precious.

Blood is the symbol of the life sacrificed for sin.