Quotes about Cross

The cross is the only way of salvation. And the cross gives a new purpose to life.

God undertook the most dramatic rescue operation in cosmic history. He determined to save the human race from self-destruction, and He sent His Son Jesus Christ to salvage and redeem them. The work of man's redemption was accomplished at the cross.

The cross is the suffering love of God bearing the guilt of man's sin, which alone is able to melt the sinner's heart and bring him to repentance for salvation. "For he hath made him to be sin for us" [2 Corinthians 5:21 KJV].

The heart of the Christian Gospel with its incarnation and atonement is in the cross and the resurrection. Jesus was born to die.

Why is it that the cross has become the symbol of Christianity? It is because at the cross Jesus purchased our redemption and provided a righteousness which we could not ourselves earn.

Once you have been to the cross, you will never be the same.

Something distinguishes Christianity from all the religions of the world. Not only does it carry the truth of the redemption, by the death of our Savior for our sins on the cross, but it carries the fact that Christ rose again.

Without the resurrection, the cross is meaningless.

Sin is serious—so serious it sent Jesus Christ to the cross. Flee from [sin] and stay close to Christ.

The cross has become a symbol in much of the Western world, misused by many rock stars and others who do not comprehend its significance.

Sin's masterpiece of shame and hate became God's masterpiece of mercy and forgiveness. Through the death of Christ upon the cross, sin itself was crucified for those who believe in Him.

Had Satan not set himself in opposition to God . . . there would have been no need for God to send His Son to the cross.