Quotes on the Cross of Christ

The atoning death of Jesus — the blood that cleanses, and the glory of the cross.

But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ.
— Galatians 6:14

15 quotations from 4 writers, each traced to the exact paragraph it comes from.

Charles H. Spurgeon 8

  1. The Lord cannot read our pardon written in the blood of His own Son, and then smite us.
  2. Little-faith was bought with the blood of Christ; ay, and he cost as much as Great-faith.
  3. Though they know a little about Christ on Calvary, they know nothing about Christ in the heart.
  4. If thou wouldst find thy way to God's bright throne, find first thy way to Jesus' cross; if thou wouldst know the way to happiness, tread in that path of misery which Jesus trod.
  5. There are some sciences that may be learned by the head, but the science of Christ crucified can only be learned by the heart.
  6. Let us ever remember that Christ on the cross is of no value to us apart from the Holy Spirit in us.
  7. Not for confession, nor for reformation, but in connection with them we find pardon by faith in the blood of Jesus.
  8. Come, my soul, pluck up courage, and put down thy feet in the blood-marked footprints which thy Lord has left thee.

Gareth Evans 2

  1. The only way man can approach God is through the shed blood of a lamb.
  2. To those who have placed their trust in the finished work of Calvary, there is no more condemnation but an access into the presence and fellowship of God.

Hudson Taylor 3

  1. Our true self-denial, self-emptying, and giving for Christ's cause practically show our real estimate of the value of the Cross of Christ, our real love for the Christ who was crucified for us.
  2. Self-denial surely means something far greater than some slight insignificant lessening of our self-indulgences!
  3. The GOD of the Bible is a GOD who punishes sin, and cannot pardon without atonement.

Thomas à Kempis 2

  1. To glory in adversity is not hard for the man who loves, for this is to glory in the cross of the Lord.
  2. A man’s true progress consists in denying himself, and the man who has denied himself is truly free and secure.