Preach one thing — the wisdom of the cross.
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Tag Archives: Cross
Where Is Death?
He died, but He vanquished death; in Himself, He put an end to what we feared; He took it upon Himself, and He vanquished it; as a mighty hunter, He captured and slew the lion. Where is death? Seek it in Christ, for it exists no longer; but it did exist, and now it is dead.
The Two-Fold Rejection of the Cross
Jesus suffered a two-fold rejection. He was too holy to be received by sinful men. And in that awful moment of His sacrifice He was too sinful to be received by a holy God. So He hung between heaven and earth, rejected by both until He cried, ‘It is finished… Father, into Your hands I commit My spirit.’ (Jn. 19.38; Lk. 23.46). Then He was received by the Father.
A. W. Tozer, The Radical Cross, p. 52
Salvation Is Substitution
The essence of sin is man substituting himself for God, while the essence of salvation is God substituting Himself for man.
John R. W. Stott, The Cross of Christ (Downer’s Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2006), 159.
The Law of Life
The cross is the law of life. The revelation that was made there was made, not merely that we might cling to it as a refuge from our sins, but that we might accept it as the rule of our conduct.
Alexander Maclaren, Second Corinthians, Galatians, and Philippians, p. 383
Unbelief Is Not a Light Matter
To refuse the cross as the instrument of salvation is to choose it as the instrument of judgment.
Philip Hughes, A Commentary on the Epistle to the Hebrews, p. 388
The Offense of the Cross
The offense of the cross is this — that I am so condemned and so lost and so hopeless that if He, Jesus Christ, had not died for me, I would never know God, and I could never be forgiven. And that hurts; that annoys; that tells me I am hopeless, that I am vile, that I am useless; and as a natural man I do not like it.
D. Martin Lloyd-Jones (1899-1981)
My Jesus Fair
The Cross Crosses Us
The cross … is that divine grace and power which crosses the carnal wills of men, and gives a contradiction to their corrupt affections, and that constantly opposes itself to the inordinate and fleshly appetite of their minds, and so may be justly termed the instrument of man’s holy dying to the world, and being made conformable to the will of God. For nothing else can mortify sin, or make it easy for us to submit to the divine will, in things otherwise contrary to our own.
William Penn, No Cross, No Crown, p. 20
The Great Army of Your Sins
Let the great army of your sins pass before you in review, each one like a son of Anak (Numbers 13.33) armed to the hilt for your destruction. They have gone down into the depths, and the red sea of Christ’s blood has drowned them. Thus, He has gained a complete victory over all the guilt of sin.
Charles Spurgeon, The Fulness of Joy, p. 63
Life Is Worship 