Why did Jesus have to die?

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We remember the crucifixion of Jesus Christ who died on an excruciatingly painful Roman cross two thousand years ago. A Daily Encounter reader asked, “I understand Jesus died for our sins. I believe it but I just can't understand why he had to do it. Didn’t God have power over everything? I have looked for the answer to this question for a long time. Please help.” I'm sure that many people struggle with this same issue, so let me explain. The apostle Paul says, “Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set me free from the law of sin and death. For what the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the sinful nature, God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful man to be a sin offering,” (Romans 8:1-3, NIV).

This goes to say that all sin must be judged according to the moral law of God and the universe. We can no more defy this law and live than we can defy the law of gravity by jumping out of an airplane without a parachute. The end result will be death unless we apply another law, the law of aerodynamics. This law makes it possible for an airplane to fly and a parachute to lower us to the earth gradually and thereby save us. Indeed, the “the law of sin and death,” which means that the judgment and penalty of all sin is death and eternal separation from God. Unless we apply a higher law which is “the law of the Spirit of Life,” which is a God-given “spiritual parachute” to save us from eternal death. God provided this law through the death of Jesus who died in our place to pay the penalty for our sin.

 
Yet, God gave his very own Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, to die on the cross in our place to pay the penalty for our sins to meet the automatic demands of his (God’s) justice and holiness. Christ's’ death made possible God's “law of the Spirit of Life”- our God-given “spiritual parachute” – to save us from eternal death.

All we need to do is confess our sinfulness, believe that Jesus is the Son of God and that he died in our place for our sins, and ask God for, and accept His forgiveness and pardon.

 

Let’s confess our sins to God today!

 

(Written by Richard Dick, Founder and International Director of ACTS International, 29th March 2018)

Profile Background Source:

Richard Dick is the Founder and International Director of ACTS International, commenced the literature outreach ministry of ACTS in 1968. He also works part time as the webmaster’ of the Narramore Christian Foundation (NCF), a Christian mental health organization, located in the Los Angeles area in California, and was for several years the editor of the NCF Psychology for Living magazine. Richard Dick has been a pastor in Lansing, Michigan, U.S.A., the South Australian Director of Youth for Christ, and has been the Founder/Director of ACTS International since 1968. He has lived in Southern California since 1981. He is also an instructor in the Divorce and Grief Recovery ministry at the Crystal Cathedral in Garden Grove, California.