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In the cross is health, in the cross is life, in the cross is protection from enemies, in the cross is heavenly sweetness, in the cross strength of mind, in the cross joy of the Spirit, in the cross the height of virtue, in the cross perfection of holiness. There is no health of the soul, no hope of eternal life, save in the cross.

Thomas à Kempis

In the cross, sin is cursed and cancelled. In the cross, grace is victorious and available.

George Campbell Morgan

1959There is nothing for God to do. “It is finished.” There is nothing for you to do. “It is finished.” Christ need not bleed. “It is finished.” You need not weep. “It is finished.” God the Holy Spirit need not delay because of your unworthiness, nor need you delay because of your helplessness. “It is finished.” Every stumbling block is rolled out of the road; every gate is opened. The bars of brass are broken, the gates of iron are burst asunder. “It is finished.” Come and welcome; come and welcome!—7.592

Charles Spurgeon

The Seven Sayings of the Saviour on the Cross 2. Here We See the Completion of His Sufferings

One has only to read through the gospels to learn how the awful cross was ever before him. At the marriage-feast of Cana, where all was gladness and merriment, he makes solemn reference to “his hour” not yet come. When Nicodemus interviewed him at night the Saviour referred to the “lifting up of the Son of man.” When James and John came to request from him the two places of honour in his coming kingdom, he made mention of the “cup” which he had to drink and of the “baptism” wherewith he must be baptized. When Peter confessed that he was the Christ, the Son of the living God, he turned to his disciples and began to show unto them “how that he must go unto Jerusalem and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day” (Matthew 16:21). When Moses and Elijah stood with him on the mount of transfiguration it was to speak of “his decease which he should accomplish at Jerusalem.”