Many Scriptures (see below)
Every once in a while (which should be more often), I must force myself out of the way, shut completely up, and allow the Scripture to do all the speaking. I feel led to do this now. These verses have shaped my perceptions of how beautiful Jesus Christ truly is and the joyful significance of what he did on that cross. I’m writing down the references and graciously thank Jason (the wiser and wittier) for compiling and pasting them. Read them. Ponder them. Savor them. Then thank and praise the One behind it all.
Galatians 3:13 (NLT)
But Christ has rescued us from the curse pronounced by the law. When he was hung on the cross, he took upon himself the curse for our wrongdoing. For it is written in the Scriptures, “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.”
Romans 8:33-34 (NLT)
Who dares accuse us whom God has chosen for his own? No one—for God himself has given us right standing with himself. Who then will condemn us? No one—for Christ Jesus died for us and was raised to life for us, and he is sitting in the place of honor at God’s right hand, pleading for us.
Ephesians 1:7 (NLT)
He is so rich in kindness and grace that he purchased our freedom with the blood of his Son and forgave our sins.
2 Corinthians 5:21 (NLT)
For God made Christ, who never sinned, to be the offering for our sin,[a] so that we could be made right with God through Christ.
Romans 5:19 (NLT)
Because one person disobeyed God, many became sinners. But because one other person obeyed God, many will be made righteous.
John 3:16 (NLT)
For God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.
1 Peter 2:24 (NLT)
He personally carried our sins
in his body on the cross
so that we can be dead to sin
and live for what is right.
By his wounds
you are healed.
2 Corinthians 5:15 (NLT)
He died for everyone so that those who receive his new life will no longer live for themselves. Instead, they will live for Christ, who died and was raised for them.
Romans 8:28 (NLT)
And we know that God causes everything to work together[a] for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them.
Romans 8:32 (NLT)
Since he did not spare even his own Son but gave him up for us all, won’t he also give us everything else?
1 Peter 3:18 (NLT)
Christ suffered for our sins once for all time. He never sinned, but he died for sinners to bring you safely home to God. He suffered physical death, but he was raised to life in the Spirit.
