Quoting Bishop J. C. Ryle:
“We must boldly maintain that the death of our Lord on the cross was no common death. It was not the death of one who died only as a martyr. It was not the death of one who only died to give us a mighty example of self-sacrifice and self-denial. The death of Christ was an offering up to God of Christ’s own body and blood, to make satisfaction for man’s sin and transgression. It was a sacrifice and appeasement; a sacrifice typified in every offering of the Mosaic Law, a sacrifice of the mightiest influence on all mankind. Without the shedding of that blood there could not be, there never was to be, any remission of sin.”
Filed under: Bible, Bishop J. C. Ryle, Christianity, God, Reformed Christian Topics, Salvation, sin, The Cross of Christ Tagged: | Crucifixion of Jesus, Substitutionary atonement
