"God, to redeem us at the deepest portion of our nature - the urge to love and be loved - must reveal His nature in an incredible and impossible way. He must reveal it at a cross"
- E. Stanley Jones
About this Quote
This quote by E. Stanley Jones speaks with the power of God's love and how it has the ability to redeem us from our inmost desires. He describes that in order to do this, God must reveal His nature in an unbelievable and difficult method. In this manner is through the cross. The cross represents the ultimate sacrifice of love that God produced us. It is a suggestion of the immense power of God's love and how it is able to redeem us from our inmost desires. It is a reminder that no matter how deep our desires are, God's love is higher and can redeem us. The cross is an effective symbol of God's love and how it has the ability to redeem us from our deepest desires.
"What is real is not the external form, but the essence of things... it is impossible for anyone to express anything essentially real by imitating its exterior surface"