Quotes On the Cross

It costs God nothing, so far as we know, to create nice things: but to convert rebellious wills cost him crucifixion. C. S. Lewis (1898-1963)

 Love's as hard as nails, Love is nails:

 Blunt, thick, hammered through

 The medial nerves of One

 Who, having made us, knew

 The thing he had done,

 Seeing (with all that is)

 Our cross, and his.

 C. S. Lewis (1898-1963)

Suffering love, the cross, stands at the heart of the church. T. Z. Koo 

The Bible says that God himself accepted the responsibility for sin; the cross is the proof that he did. It cost Jesus Christ to the last drop of blood to deal with the vast evil of the world.

 Oswald Chambers (1874-1917)

The blood of Christ may seem to be a grim, repulsive subject to those who do not realize its true significance, but to those who have accepted his redemption and have been set free from sin's chains, the blood of Christ is precious. Billy Graham (1918- )

The passion of our Lord did not end on the cross

 By night and also day he suffers still for us.

Angelus Silesius (1624-1677)

The sovereignty of Christ from the cross is a new sovereignty. It has destroyed forever the formula that might is right. It has put to shame the self-assertion of false heroism. It has surrounded with imperishable dignity the completeness of sacrifice. It has made clear to the pure heart that the prerogative of authority is wider service. The divine King rules forever by dying. Brooke Foss Westcott (1825-1901)

The Cross is a

world of contrasts

Man's Action  / God's Response

HELLS WRATH  /  GOD'S LOVE

MOST EVIL ACT  /  MOST GOOD ACT

FALSE CONDEMNATION   /  HEAVENLY FORGIVENESS

ULTIMATE INJUSTICE   /  JUSTICE SATISFIED

GREED GRASPING POWER   /  SELF SACRIFICE

ANGRY YELLING    /  SILENT AS A LAMB

UNDESERVED MISTREATMENT  / UNDESERVED GRACE

PAIN / HEALING

DARKNESS  /  LIGHT