--- title: "28 The-cross Quotes by 11 authors" description: "Browse 28 The-cross quotes by 11 authors. Discover the best The-cross sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e8f/fulton-j-sheen-675_friendship_the-more-he-loved-those-for-whom-he-was_2526946.png" --- > [“The more He loved those for whom He was the ransom, the more His anguish would increase, as it is the faults…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fulton-j-sheen/the-more-he-loved-those-for-whom-he-was-the-ransom-the-more-his/) [Fulton J. Sheen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fulton-j-sheen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e8f/fulton-j-sheen-675_friendship_the-more-he-loved-those-for-whom-he-was_2526946.png) > [“If, in his pride, he considers God as a challenge, he will deny Him; and if God becomes man and therefore makes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fulton-j-sheen/if-in-his-pride-he-considers-god-as-a-challenge-he-will-deny-him-and/) [Fulton J. Sheen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fulton-j-sheen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc9/fulton-j-sheen-675_autonomy_if-in-his-pride-he-considers-god-as-a-ch_532355.png) > [“The deaf who deny they are deaf will never hear; the sinners who deny there is sin deny thereby the remedy of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fulton-j-sheen/the-deaf-who-deny-they-are-deaf-will-never-hear-the-sinners-who-deny/) [Fulton J. Sheen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fulton-j-sheen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c80/fulton-j-sheen-675_jesus_the-deaf-who-deny-they-are-deaf-will-nev_1722766.jpg) > [“There is more in the atonement by way of merit, than there is in all human sin by way of demerit.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-h-spurgeon/there-is-more-in-the-atonement-by-way-of-merit-than-there-is-in-all/) [Charles H. Spurgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-h-spurgeon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c4b/charles-h-spurgeon-1432_atonement_there-is-more-in-the-atonement-by-way-of_1085581.jpg) > [“Jesus did not die just to save you from hell. He paid the price to give you all of heaven.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlos-a-rodriguez/jesus-did-not-die-just-to-save-you-from-hell-he-paid-the-price-to/) [Carlos A. Rodriguez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carlos-a-rodriguez/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a57/carlos-a-rodriguez-32539_heaven_jesus-did-not-die-just-to-save-you-from_2950386.jpg) > [“Skeptics always want miracles such as stepping down from the Cross, but never the greater miracle of forgiveness.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fulton-j-sheen/skeptics-always-want-miracles-such-as-stepping-down-from-the-cross/) [Fulton J. Sheen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fulton-j-sheen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f5/fulton-j-sheen-675_catholic_skeptics-always-want-miracles-such-as-st_733096.png) > [“The family tree of earthly ancestors was really not important; what was important was the family tree of the children of God…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fulton-j-sheen/the-family-tree-of-earthly-ancestors-was-really-not-important-what/) [Fulton J. Sheen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fulton-j-sheen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/887/fulton-j-sheen-675_calvary_the-family-tree-of-earthly-ancestors-was_981805.png) > [“To shame our sins He blushed in blood; He closed His eyes to show us God; Let all the world fall down…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-of-clairvaux/to-shame-our-sins-he-blushed-in-blood-he-closed-his-eyes-to-show-us/) [Bernard of Clairvaux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-of-clairvaux/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/21c/bernard-of-clairvaux-3845_forgiveness_to-shame-our-sins-he-blushed-in-blood-he_14998.jpg) > [“To those who rejected Him, righteousness would one day appear as a terrible justice; to the sinful men who accepted Him and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fulton-j-sheen/to-those-who-rejected-him-righteousness-would-one-day-appear-as-a/) [Fulton J. Sheen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fulton-j-sheen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e66/fulton-j-sheen-675_compassion_to-those-who-rejected-him-righteousness_113515.png) > [“Love is a vicarious principle. A mother suffers for and with her sick child, as a patriot suffers for his country. No…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fulton-j-sheen/love-is-a-vicarious-principle-a-mother-suffers-for-and-with-her-sick/) [Fulton J. Sheen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fulton-j-sheen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/096/fulton-j-sheen-675_children_love-is-a-vicarious-principle-a-mother-s_2269568.jpg) > [“Life doesn’t always go our way. But one thing we know and can stand upon. Jesus has burst open the gates of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anusha-atukorala/life-doesn-t-always-go-our-way-but-one-thing-we-know-and-can-stand/) [Anusha Atukorala](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anusha-atukorala/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/576/anusha-atukorala-48003_christianity_life-doesn-t-always-go-our-way-but-one-t_392965.jpg) > [“Some religions draw by force of arms; He would draw by force of love. The attraction would not be His words, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fulton-j-sheen/some-religions-draw-by-force-of-arms-he-would-draw-by-force-of-love/) [Fulton J. Sheen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fulton-j-sheen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/800/fulton-j-sheen-675_attraction_some-religions-draw-by-force-of-arms-he_877578.png) > [“The radical hermeneutic of suspicion that characterizes all of post-modernity is essentially nihilistic, denying the very possibility of creative or healing love.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-t-wright/the-radical-hermeneutic-of-suspicion-that-characterizes-all-of-post/) [N.T. Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-t-wright/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ee/n-t-wright-1173_god_the-radical-hermeneutic-of-suspicion-tha_2105987.jpg) > [“In confession occurs the breakthrough of the Cross. The root of all sin is pride, superbia. I want to be my own…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dietrich-bonhoeffer/in-confession-occurs-the-breakthrough-of-the-cross-the-root-of-all/) [Dietrich Bonhoeffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dietrich-bonhoeffer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4b/dietrich-bonhoeffer-303_christ_in-confession-occurs-the-breakthrough-of_1258175.jpg) > [“Jesus has borne the death penalty on our behalf. Behold the wonder! There He hangs upon the cross! This is the greatest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-h-spurgeon/jesus-has-borne-the-death-penalty-on-our-behalf-behold-the-wonder-2/) [Charles H. Spurgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-h-spurgeon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b35/charles-h-spurgeon-1432_atonement_jesus-has-borne-the-death-penalty-on-our_3187651.jpg) > [“Even though Christ Himself would not deliver us from the power of the Totalitarian State, as He did not deliver Himself, we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fulton-j-sheen/even-though-christ-himself-would-not-deliver-us-from-the-power-of-the/) [Fulton J. Sheen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fulton-j-sheen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/56c/fulton-j-sheen-675_divine-plan_even-though-christ-himself-would-not-del_1673642.png) > [“The good repent on knowing their sin; the evil become angry when discovered. Ignorance is not the cause of evil, as Plato…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fulton-j-sheen/the-good-repent-on-knowing-their-sin-the-evil-become-angry-when/) [Fulton J. Sheen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fulton-j-sheen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/051/fulton-j-sheen-675_jesus_the-good-repent-on-knowing-their-sin-the_1688888.jpg) > [“The Christian, however, must bear the burden of a brother. He must suffer and endure the brother. It is only when he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dietrich-bonhoeffer/the-christian-however-must-bear-the-burden-of-a-brother-he-must/) [Dietrich Bonhoeffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dietrich-bonhoeffer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/68a/dietrich-bonhoeffer-303_christian-community_the-christian-however-must-bear-the-burd_1811120.jpg) > [“Jesus Christ could die instead of man because He was sinless. As a man without sin, He was not under the judgment…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-hon/jesus-christ-could-die-instead-of-man-because-he-was-sinless-as-a-man/) [Henry Hon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-hon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f96/henry-hon-11261_atonement_jesus-christ-could-die-instead-of-man-be_2282173.jpg) > [“It was not enough that the Son of God should come down from the heavens and appear as the Son of Man,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fulton-j-sheen/it-was-not-enough-that-the-son-of-god-should-come-down-from-the/) [Fulton J. Sheen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fulton-j-sheen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/11e/fulton-j-sheen-675_god_it-was-not-enough-that-the-son-of-god-sh_1867315.png) > [“The Book of Numbers relates that when the people murmured rebelliously against God, they were punished with a plague of fiery serpents,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fulton-j-sheen/the-book-of-numbers-relates-that-when-the-people-murmured/) [Fulton J. Sheen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fulton-j-sheen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d2/fulton-j-sheen-675_books_the-book-of-numbers-relates-that-when-th_2461362.png) > [“God did not make this person as I would have made him. He did not give him to me as a brother…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dietrich-bonhoeffer/god-did-not-make-this-person-as-i-would-have-made-him-he-did-not-give/) [Dietrich Bonhoeffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dietrich-bonhoeffer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d1/dietrich-bonhoeffer-303_brotherhood_god-did-not-make-this-person-as-i-would_2669901.jpg) > [“A dying man asked a dying man for eternal life; a man without possessions asked a poor man for a Kingdom; a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fulton-j-sheen/a-dying-man-asked-a-dying-man-for-eternal-life-a-man-without/) [Fulton J. Sheen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fulton-j-sheen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b4/fulton-j-sheen-675_calvary_a-dying-man-asked-a-dying-man-for-eterna_2271035.jpg) > [“The cross and the lynching tree interpret each other. Both were public spectacles, shameful events, instruments of punishment reserved for the most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-h-cone/the-cross-and-the-lynching-tree-interpret-each-other-both-were-public/) [James H. Cone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-h-cone/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/145/james-h-cone-27875_christianity_the-cross-and-the-lynching-tree-interpre_3236074.jpg) > [“God's high freedom in Jesus Christ is His freedom for LOVE. The divine capacity which operates and exhibits itself in that superiority…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-barth/god-s-high-freedom-in-jesus-christ-is-his-freedom-for-love-the-divine/) [Karl Barth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-barth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b4/karl-barth-3434_christ_god-s-high-freedom-in-jesus-christ-is-hi_3170611.jpg) > [“The Western post-Christian civilization has picked up the Christ without His Cross. But a Christ without a sacrifice that reconciles the world…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fulton-j-sheen/the-western-post-christian-civilization-has-picked-up-the-christ/) [Fulton J. Sheen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fulton-j-sheen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bba/fulton-j-sheen-675_christ_the-western-post-christian-civilization_3170468.jpg) > [“The modern world, which denies personal guilt and admits only social crimes, which has no place for personal repentance but only public…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fulton-j-sheen/the-modern-world-which-denies-personal-guilt-and-admits-only-social/) [Fulton J. Sheen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fulton-j-sheen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d0/fulton-j-sheen-675_catholic_the-modern-world-which-denies-personal-g_932039.jpg) > [“God created through love and for love. God did not create anything except love itself, and the means to love. He created…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simone-weil/god-created-through-love-and-for-love-god-did-not-create-anything/) [Simone Weil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simone-weil/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be6/simone-weil-544_god_god-created-through-love-and-for-love-go_825846.jpg) ## Top authors on The-cross - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-fulton-j-sheen-36488.jpg) Fulton J. 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But since the thief's request touched the reason of His coming to earth, namely, to save souls, the thief heard the immediate answer: 'I promise thee, this day thou shalt be With Me in Paradise' (Luke 23:43) It was the thief's last prayer, perhaps even his first. He knocked once, sought once, asked once, dared everything, and found everything. When even the disciples were doubting and only one was present at the Cross, the thief owned and acknowledged Him as Saviour.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Fulton J. 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Both were public spectacles, shameful events, instruments of punishment reserved for the most despised people in society. Any genuine theology and any genuine preaching of the Christian gospel must be measured against the test of the scandal of the cross and the lynching tree. 'Jesus did not die a gentle death like Socrates, with his cup of hemlock…Rather, he died like a [lynched black victim] or a common [black] criminal in torment, on the tree of shame.' The crowd's shout 'Crucify him!' (Mk 15:14) anticipated the white mob's shout 'Lynch him!' Jesus' agonizing final cry of abandonment from the cross, 'My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?' (Mk 15:34), was similar to the lynched victim Sam Hose's awful scream as he drew his last breath, 'Oh, my God! Oh, Jesus.' In each case it was a cruel, agonizing, and contemptible death.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "James H. 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The divine capacity which operates and exhibits itself in that superiority and subordination is manifestly also God's capacity to bend downwards, to attach Himself to another and this other to Himself, to be together with him. This takes place in that irreversible sequence, but in it is completely real. In that sequence there arises and continues in Jesus Christ the highest communion of God with man. God's deity is thus no prison in which He can exist only in and for Himself. It is rather His freedom to be in and for Himself but also with and for us, to assert but also to sacrifice Himself, to be wholly exalted but also completely humble, not only almighty but also almighty mercy, not only Lord but also servant, not only judge but also Himself the judged, not only man's eternal king but also his brother in time. And all that without in the slightest forfeiting His deity! All that, rather, in the highest proof and proclamation of His deity! He who DOES and manifestly CAN do all that, He and no other is the living God.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Karl Barth" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-barth/god-s-high-freedom-in-jesus-christ-is-his-freedom-for-love-the-divine/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b4/karl-barth-3434_christ_god-s-high-freedom-in-jesus-christ-is-hi_3170611.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b4/karl-barth-3434_christ_god-s-high-freedom-in-jesus-christ-is-hi_3170611.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b4/karl-barth-3434_christ_god-s-high-freedom-in-jesus-christ-is-hi_3170611.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“God's high freedom in Jesus Christ is His freedom for LOVE. 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But the Cross without Christ is sacrifice without love. Hence, Communism has produced a society that is authoritarian, cruel, oppressive of human freedom, filled with concentration camps, firing squads, and brain-washings. The Western post-Christian civilization has picked up the Christ without His Cross. But a Christ without a sacrifice that reconciles the world to God is a cheap, feminized, colourless, itinerant preacher who deserves to be popular for His great Sermon on the Mount, but also merits unpopularity for what He said about His Divinity on the one hand, and divorce, judgment, and hell on the other. This sentimental Christ is patched together with a thousand commonplaces, sustained sometimes by academic etymologists who cannot see the Word for the letters, or distorted beyond personal recognition by a dogmatic principle that anything which is Divine must necessarily be a myth. 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