Quotes About Atonement

The first time [Christ] came to slay sin in men. The second time He will come to slay men in sin.

God's Riches At Christ's Expense.

Pour everything out for the blood you have shed, you're wasting your time in appeasing the dead.

If libations were proper to pour above the slain, this man deserved, more than deserved, such sacrament. He filled our cup with evil things unspeakable and now himself come home has drunk it to the dregs.

Furono saggi i nostri padri, facendo questa legge: che chi avesse le mani insanguinate non potesse farsi vedere né avere contatto con nessuno; e l'espiazione fosse l'esilio, non la morte. Ché, se no, ci sarebbe sempre stato uno implicato nel sangue: quello con l'ultima sozzura sulle mani.

For what I did, I cannot atone. I can only suffer.

Consider the work of Calvary. A perfect work, perfect in every respect, perfect in every aspect

It is important to emphasize that the Gospel centers in the death and resurrection of Jesus. In 1 Corinthians 15:3–4 Paul sums up its message in three historical facts: "Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures. . . . He was buried . . . He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures.

fact: when the Bible speaks about healing, referring to the atoning sacrifice of Christ in

self-denial is a necessary aspect of a Christian life; that the cross is central to human understanding; and that, without the atonement, every one of us would stand forever in the role of Judas.

What is love?" Love is the reconciliation of man with God in Jesus Christ.

From this it follows that the Body of Christ is the place of acceptance, the place of atonement and peace between God and man. God finds man in the Body of Christ, and man finds himself accepted by God in that same body.

It is costly because it condemns sin, and grace because it justifies the sinner. Above all, it is costly because it cost God the life of his Son: "ye were bought at a price," and what has cost God much cannot be cheap for us. Above all, it is grace because God did not reckon his Son too dear a price to pay for our life, but delivered him up for us. Costly grace is the Incarnation of God.

Crucifícalo, crucifícalo.

I'll look out for him," Keller said. Because he needs to. Call it penance, call it atonement or whatever the hell you want, he only knows that he needs to do it, that he can only find redemption by helping this boy find his, by showing love to what he hates, that at the end of the day or the end of the world, there are no separate souls. We will go to heaven or we will go to hell, but we will go together.

Consider God's charity. Where else have we ever seen someone who has been offended voluntarily paying out his life for those who have offended him?

For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of His son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by His life.

Jesus paid it all. I mean all. He not only purchased your forgiveness of sins and your ticket to heaven, He purchased every blessing and every answer to prayer you will ever receive.

To remember no more is God's way of expressing absolute forgiveness.

Christ's death was the result of God's grace; grace is not the result of Christ's death.

What can wash away my sin? Nothing but the blood of Jesus."2

What was in the cup Jesus drank at His crucifixion? It was the wrath of God.

Grace is not a matter of God's making up the difference, but of God's providing all the "cost" of salvation through His Son, Jesus Christ.

Christ died for our sins. Jesus Christ, the eternal Son of God, took upon Himself a human nature and died a horrible death on our behalf. That is the reason for the cross. He suffered what we should have suffered. He died in our place to pay the penalty for our sins.