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Nothing superficially seems simpler than
forgiveness, but nothing if we look deeply is
more mysterious or more difficult. B. F.
Westcott, 1903
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The cross is the real heart of the gospel and
the key to the inner meaning of the Christian
faith. Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones, 1929
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You do not understand Christ till you
understand his cross. P.T. Forsyth
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The passion of Jesus Christ is the judgment of
God, in which the Judge himself was the
judged. Karl Barth
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The wrath of God is the love of God in the
form in which the man who has turned away from
God experiences it. Emil Brunner
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His death on the cross was a great example to
the world. Gandhi
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I could never myself believe in God, if it
were not for the cross. In the real world of
pain, how could one worship a God who was immune
to it? John Stott
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Gods own heart suffered on the cross.
Karl Barth
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  The death of Christ is the central point of
history. Stephen Neill
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It is Calvary which makes trust in God
possible, not because Calvary is a demonstration
of Gods love though it is that but because
it is a proof of Gods integrity. God said that
sin would bring death. In Christ hanging on the
cross, we see God keeping his word. Dr.
Richard S. Taylor
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The cross used to stand for Jesus, and more
precisely, the suffering of Jesus. Now it stands
for an institution that most often doesnt really
stand for anything other than the advancement of
its own institutionality. Michael Card
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God does not love us because Christ died for
us Christ died for us because God loved us.
John Stott
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Amazing love! How can it be That thou, my
God, shouldst die for me? Charles Wesley
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We preach Christ crucified a stumbling block
to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles, but to those
whom God has called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ
the power of God and the wisdom of God. 1
Corinthians 123-24 (NIV)
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May I never boast of anything except the cross
of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has
been crucified to me, and I to the world.
Galatians 614, NRSV
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Put away from you all bitterness and wrath and
anger and wrangling and slander, together with
all malice, and be kind to one another,
tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in
Christ has forgiven you. Ephesians 431-32
(NRSV)
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The Triad of Truth Only focus on side 1
depression. Only focus on side 2 fear. Only
focus on side 3 presumption.
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God made him who had no sin to be sin for us,
so that in him we might become the righteousness
of God. 2 Corinthians 521 (NIV)
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He himself bore our sins in his body on the
tree, so that we might die to sins and live for
righteousness by his wounds you have been
healed. 1 Peter 224 (NIV)
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For the Son of Man came not to be served but
to serve, and to give his life a ransom for
many." Mark 1045, NRSV
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For there is one God there is also one
mediator between God and humankind, Christ Jesus,
himself human, who gave himself a ransom for
all. 1 Timothy 25-6, NRSV
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For sin will have no dominion over you, since
you are not under law but under grace. Romans
614, NRSV
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Now before faith came, we were imprisoned and
guarded under the law until faith would be
revealed. Galatians 323, NRSV
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Christ is the end of the law so that there
may be righteousness for everyone who
believes. Romans 104, NIV
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You are not your own you were bought at a
price. Therefore honor God with your body. 1
Corinthians 619-20, NIV
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This is how we know what love is Jesus Christ
laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay
down our lives for our brothers and sisters.
1 John 316, NIVi
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If we are looking for a definition of love,
we should look not in a dictionary, but at
Calvary. John Stott
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