The Cross
doctrineThe central event of history — Christ's atoning death as the ground of reconciliation with God.
Not just a list of verses — a map of how ideas in Scripture connect and lead to each other.
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The Cross connects to different paths in Scripture:
The Cross arises from Jesus Christ and God, and leads to Atonement.
Reading Path
Follow this theme through Scripture — one verse per step, in theological order.
“And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.”John 1:14 →
“For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;”1 Corinthians 15:3 →
“And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.”Hebrews 9:22 →
“As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.”Psalm 103:12 →
“And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.”Colossians 3:15 →
Relationships
Anchor Scriptures 20 verses
“And they shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two side posts and on the upper door post of the houses, wherein they shall eat it.”
Read in context →“Then shall he kill the goat of the sin offering, that is for the people, and bring his blood within the vail, and do with that blood as he did with the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it upon the mercy seat, and before the mercy seat:”
Read in context →“But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.”
Read in context →“For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;”
Read in context →“Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:”
Read in context →“And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:”
Read in context →“And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.”
Read in context →“Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.”
Read in context →“For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.”
Read in context →“By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.”
Read in context →“Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.”
Read in context →“But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.”
Read in context →“Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;”
Read in context →“For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.”
Read in context →“And when the centurion, which stood over against him, saw that he so cried out, and gave up the ghost, he said, Truly this man was the Son of God.”
Read in context →“And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit: and having said thus, he gave up the ghost.”
Read in context →“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”
Read in context →“When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.”
Read in context →“Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:”
Read in context →“But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.”
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