If Christ had not gone to the cross and suffered in our stead, the jus…

J. C. Ryle
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If Christ had not gone to the cross and suffered in our stead, the just for the unjust, there would not have been a spark of hope for us. There would have been a mighty gulf between ourselves and God, which no man ever could have passed. ✨ J.C. Ryle (2015). Old Paths: Being Plain Statements on Some of the Weightier Matters of Christianity, p.181, Ravenio Books
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