--- title: "9 Calvary God Quotes by 6 authors" description: "Browse 9 Calvary God quotes by 6 authors. Discover the best Calvary God sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/491/philip-yancey-840_accepted_at-calvary-god-accepted-his-own-unbreaka_734197.png" --- > [At Calvary, God accepted his own unbreakable terms of justice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-yancey/at-calvary-god-accepted-his-own-unbreakable-terms-of-justice/) [Philip Yancey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-yancey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/491/philip-yancey-840_accepted_at-calvary-god-accepted-his-own-unbreaka_734197.png) > [Bethlehem was God with us, Calvary was God for us, and Pentecost is God in us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-baer/bethlehem-was-god-with-us-calvary-was-god-for-us-and-pentecost-is-god/) [Robert Baer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-baer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f87/robert-baer-33434_bethlehem_bethlehem-was-god-with-us-calvary-was-go_2361782.png) > [It was on the cross of Calvary that God, in Christ, dealt fully and finally with self, the nature from which all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miles-j-stanford/it-was-on-the-cross-of-calvary-that-god-in-christ-dealt-fully-and/) [Miles J. Stanford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miles-j-stanford/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a1/miles-j-stanford-86682_calvary_it-was-on-the-cross-of-calvary-that-god_127907.png) > [Christ is the very epitome of innocence, and without the blood of Christ, shed on Calvary, God's plan of salvation would not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-keyes/christ-is-the-very-epitome-of-innocence-and-without-the-blood-of/) [Alan Keyes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-keyes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e6d/alan-keyes-7078_blood_christ-is-the-very-epitome-of-innocence_103799.jpg) > [Christianity affirms that Jesus severed the link between suffering and deserving once for all on Calvary. God put the ledgers away and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tullian-tchividjian/christianity-affirms-that-jesus-severed-the-link-between-suffering/) [Tullian Tchividjian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tullian-tchividjian/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9da/tullian-tchividjian-1105_accounts_christianity-affirms-that-jesus-severed_3016405.png) > [The meaning of atonement is not to be found in our penitence evoked by the sight of Calvary, but rather in what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-stott/the-meaning-of-atonement-is-not-to-be-found-in-our-penitence-evoked/) [John Stott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-stott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f84/john-stott-1926_atonement_the-meaning-of-atonement-is-not-to-be-fo_292295.png) > [Whatever else we may say about it, the atonement fulfills the Jewish principle that only one who has been hurt can forgive.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-yancey/whatever-else-we-may-say-about-it-the-atonement-fulfills-the-jewish/) [Philip Yancey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-yancey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a15/philip-yancey-840_atonement_whatever-else-we-may-say-about-it-the-at_1846729.png) > [Love was compressed for all history in that lonely figure on the cross, who said that he could call down angels at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-yancey/love-was-compressed-for-all-history-in-that-lonely-figure-on-the/) [Philip Yancey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-yancey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b86/philip-yancey-840_accepted_love-was-compressed-for-all-history-in-t_673336.jpg) > [To some, the image of a pale body glimmering on a dark night whispers of defeat. What good is a God who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-yancey/to-some-the-image-of-a-pale-body-glimmering-on-a-dark-night-whispers/) [Philip Yancey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-yancey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/022/philip-yancey-840_accepted_to-some-the-image-of-a-pale-body-glimmer_958121.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/calvary-god/#itemlist", "name": "Calvary God Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "At Calvary, God accepted his own unbreakable terms of justice.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Philip Yancey" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-yancey/at-calvary-god-accepted-his-own-unbreakable-terms-of-justice/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/491/philip-yancey-840_accepted_at-calvary-god-accepted-his-own-unbreaka_734197.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/491/philip-yancey-840_accepted_at-calvary-god-accepted-his-own-unbreaka_734197.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/491/philip-yancey-840_accepted_at-calvary-god-accepted-his-own-unbreaka_734197.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“At Calvary, God accepted his own unbreakable terms of justice.” — Philip Yancey", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Bethlehem was God with us, Calvary was God for us, and Pentecost is God in us.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Robert Baer" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-baer/bethlehem-was-god-with-us-calvary-was-god-for-us-and-pentecost-is-god/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f87/robert-baer-33434_bethlehem_bethlehem-was-god-with-us-calvary-was-go_2361782.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f87/robert-baer-33434_bethlehem_bethlehem-was-god-with-us-calvary-was-go_2361782.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f87/robert-baer-33434_bethlehem_bethlehem-was-god-with-us-calvary-was-go_2361782.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Bethlehem was God with us, Calvary was God for us, and Pentecost is God in us.” — Robert Baer", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It was on the cross of Calvary that God, in Christ, dealt fully and finally with self, the nature from which all our sins flow.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Miles J. 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