Quotes about Atonement
The heaven that he won for us by his atoning death presupposes a hell from which he delivered us. The eternal life he imparted to us presupposes an eternal death from which he saved us.
- Herman Bavinck
Saul fell upon his sword to avoid suffering. Jesus stretched himself upon the cross to take away ours. Saul's suicide cheated his enemies. Jesus' sacrifice cheated death.
- Lisa Bevere
What can wash away my sin? Nothing but the blood of Jesus; What can make me whole again? Nothing but the blood of Jesus. Oh! precious is the flow That makes me white as snow; No other fount I know, Nothing but the blood of Jesus.
- Jerry B. Jenkins
Now by this I'll overcome— Nothing but the blood of Jesus; Now by this I'll reach my home— Nothing but the blood of Jesus. Oh! precious is the flow That makes me white as snow; No other fount I know, Nothing but the blood of Jesus.
- Jerry B. Jenkins
Even our tears of repentance need to be washed in the blood of the Lamb.
- Jerry Bridges
We have no right to come before God at all, apart from the finished work of Christ.
- RC Sproul
You [Jews] did slay Christ, you did lift violent hands against the Master, you did spill his precious blood. This is why you have no chance for atonement, excuse, or defense.
- St. John Chrysostom
When you cry out to God for forgiveness, he doesn't remember your sins. They are gone. Forgiven. Washed away. And forgotten. In the same way that the coal removed Isaiah's guilt and sin, the blood of Jesus takes away ours.
- Craig Groeschel
Our greatest hope comes from the knowledge that the Savior broke the bands of death. His victory came through His excruciating pain, suffering, and agony. He atoned for our sins if we repent.
- James Faust
We therefore have to choose between an atonement of high efficiency which is perfectly accomplished, and an atonement of wide extension which is imperfectly accomplished. We cannot have both. If
- Loraine Boettner
the Arminian, in making it apply to all men, reduces its effectiveness to such an extent that it becomes practically no atonement at all.
- Loraine Boettner
It was not the people or the Roman soldiers who put Jesus on the cross - it was your sins and my sins that made it necessary for Him to volunteer His death.
- Billy Graham