“And now, will you marvel that I said all Christians ought to glory in the cross?
Will you not rather wonder that any can hear of the cross and remain unmoved?
I declare I know no greater proof of man’s depravity, than the fact that thousands of so-called Christians see nothing in the cross.
Well may our hearts be called stony, —well may the eyes of our mind be called blind, —well may our whole nature be called diseased, —well may we all be called dead, when the cross of Christ is heard of and yet neglected.
Surely we may take up the words of the prophet, and say, “Hear, O heavens, and be astonished O earth; a wonderful and a horrible thing is done!”
Christ was crucified for sinners, and yet many Christians live as if He was never crucified at all!”
–J.C. Ryle, Old Paths: Being Plain Statements of Some of the Weightier Matters of Christianity (Carlisle, PA: Banner of Truth, 1898/1999), 240.
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