“The cross is the heart of the gospel; it makes the gospel good news. Christ died for us; He has stood in our place before God’s judgment seat; He has borne our sins. God has done something on the cross which we could never do for ourselves. But God does something to us as well as for us through the cross. He persuades us that He loves us.” (Sinclair Ferguson)
“But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” (Romans 5:8)