523 Quotes About Cross

God has chosen to save the world through the cross, through the shameful andpowerless death of the crucified Messiah. If that shocking event is therevelation of the deepest truth about the character of God, then our whole wayof seeing the world is turned upside down… all values are transformed… Godrefuses to play games of power and prestige on human terms.

If Christ is God, He cannot sin, and if suffering was a sin in and by itself, He could not have suffered and died for us. However, since He took the most horrific death to redeem us, He showed us in fact that suffering and pain have great power.

In the Cross is salvation; in the Cross is life; in the Cross is protection against our enemies; in the Cross is infusion of heavenly sweetness; in the Cross is strength of mind; in the Cross is joy of spirit; in the Cross is excellence of virtue; in the Cross is perfection of holiness. There is no salvation of soul, nor hope of eternal life, save in the Cross.

There is no such thing as love without pain. Love is committed and very vulnerable. In love, we open our hearts and make the cords of our most tender emotions available to the plucking fingers of other people. In sharing the love of God, it is inevitable that we will also share His suffering.

Love seeks its life outside itself; self seeks its life in itself. Love, in order to secure and produce, sacrifices selfishness; while self, in order to possess, keeps itself and sacrifices love.

The cross has never been compatible to any culture. Its preaching has always established a counter-culture. Jesus Christ is timeless. He is not the product of any human culture and thus has never been enmeshed in any one culture. He both transforms and transcends culture.

I'll look to the crossAs my failure is lostIn the light ofYour glorious grace

Let the ruins come to lifeIn the beauty of Your nameRising up from the ashesGod forever You reign

Given the lethal enormity of sin and the inestimable value of a single soul, a baby in a manger and a man on a cross makes more sense that anything else I will ever be able to possibly imagine.