Charles Spurgeon Quotes

In contrast, Christianity, while acknowledging the presence of suffering, declares that life can be infinitely worth living and opens the way to eternal life in fellowship with God Who so loved the world that He gave Himself in Christ.

Christ died for the truth.

Who can measure the love Christ felt for a lost world, as he hung upon the cross, suffering for the sins of guilty men? This love was immeasurable. It was infinite.

The Cross is not responsible for God's love; rather it was His love that conceived the Cross.

The cross of Christ is the sweetest burden that I ever bore; it is such a burden as wings are to a bird, or sails to a ship, to carry me forward to my harbor.

At the cross God wrapped his heart in flesh and blood and let it be nailed to the cross for our redemption.

Jesus gives his life for the congregation, not the other way around.

When love becomes what Christianity is all about, we can make no sense of Jesus's death and resurrection.

Are you not moved to tears and bitter compassion, when you behold the only Son of God seized by the most impious, dragged away, mocked, scourged, buffeted, spit upon, crowned with thorns, hung upon the infamous cross between two thieves, finally in such a horrible and execrable manner suffering death, for your salvation and that of the world?

The saving love of God is his doing whatever must be done, at great cost to himself, and for the least deserving, so that he might enthrall them with what will make them supremely happy forever, namely, himself.

I believe in the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.

Christ does not save us by acting a parable of divine love; he acts the parable of divine love by saving us. That is the Christian faith.

My understanding of the Scriptures has been made simple by the person of Christ. Christ teaches that God is love.

Jesus died for somebody's sins but not mine.

It is a great thing to be a child of God, and joint-heir with Jesus Christ. If this is your privilege, you will know the fellowship of Christ's sufferings.

Every time that I think of the crucifixion of Christ, I commit the sin of envy.

It was the special purpose of Christ's appearance upon earth to bring immortality to light.

What I realized was that CrossFit wasn't what defined me as a human being, it was the sacrifice that Christ made for me and all of us that defined who I was.

We all need grace. We all need Christ.

The weightiest end of the cross of Christ that is laid upon you, lieth upon your strong Savior.

He left His Father's throne above, (So free, so infinite His grace!) Emptied Himself of all but love, And bled for Adam's helpless race.

Christmas begins what Easter celebrates. The child in the cradle became the king on the cross. And because he did, there are no marks on my record. Just grace. His offer has no fine print. He didn't tell me, "Clean up before you come in." He offered, "Come in, and I'll clean you up." It's not my grip on him that matters but his grip on me. And his grip is sure. So is his presence in my life.

Forgiveness is the reason for the crucifixion, and the crucifixion is the reason for the Incarnation.

No doctrine is more excellent, or necessary to be preached and studied, than Jesus Christ, and him crucified.

Christianity teaches that when man sinned, God opted for forgiveness rather than fairness. He opted for grace and mercy rather than justice.