Quotes about Atonement
We beseech [God] to pardon our national and other transgressions.
- George Washington
Sin is essentially a departure from God.
- Martin Luther
We trample the blood of the Son of God underfoot if we think we are forgiven because we are sorry for our sins.
- Oswald Chambers
It is by virtue of the atonement that God can maintain His justice and yet demonstrate His mercy.
- RC Sproul
God's pleasure with me is grounded in the accomplishment of Christ, not my own accomplishment.
- RC Sproul Jr.
Even if I want I cannot make you say sorry to God.
- Mother Teresa
At Calvary, God accepted his own unbreakable terms of justice.
- Philip Yancey
Only as we bow in contrition, confession, and repentance at the foot of the cross, can we find forgiveness. There is the grace of God.
- Billy Graham
And this is why Jesus came: to endure the holy wrath of God due us.
- David Platt
Only on the cross do you have a totally holy God and a totally loving God.
- Timothy Keller
Christ exhausted the cup of God's wrath. For all who trust in Him there is nothing more in the cup. It is empty.
- Jerry Bridges
God's wrath was not just withdrawn. It was spent. Full atonement can it be? Hallelujah, what a Savior!
- Kevin DeYoung