Quotes about Atonement
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.
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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?
— Catherine of Siena
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.
— Jerry Bridges
To remember no more is God's way of expressing absolute forgiveness.
— Jerry Bridges
Christ's death was the result of God's grace; grace is not the result of Christ's death.
— Jerry Bridges
What can wash away my sin? Nothing but the blood of Jesus."
— Jerry Bridges
What was in the cup Jesus drank at His crucifixion? It was the wrath of God.
— Jerry Bridges
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.
— Jerry Bridges
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.
— Jerry Bridges
Only as we come to grips with the fact that we truly were objects of God's wrath do we begin to appreciate this good news of the gospel.
— Jerry Bridges
Our situation was so desperate that only the death of His own Son on a cruel and shameful cross was sufficient to resolve the problem.
— Jerry Bridges
Many people erroneously think that God can just forgive our sins because He is a loving God. Nothing could be further from the truth. The cross speaks to us not only about our sin but about God's holiness.
— Jerry Bridges