From the Bible, Why Was There Death on the Cross?

God's holiness, love, and justice are emphasized many times in the Bible, including:

They were shouting to one another: "Holy, holy, holy is the LORD Almighty. His glory fills the whole earth."

Isaiah 6:3

Your throne is founded on justice and righteousness, Love and loyalty go before you.

Psalms 89:14

Before the cross, it is useful to know the sin that made the cross necessary. Sin is an act contrary to God's holiness, it is a crime against Him, and God must judge sin as a just judge. What crime goes unpunished?

A crime that goes unpunished would be against God's justice. However, we have said that the subject of justice is mentioned in many verses. When we look at the Bible to see what the judgment of sin is, we see that this is clearly stated.

'For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.'

ROMANS 6:23

As can be seen, 'the wages of sin is death.' This does not mean that every person who commits sin must die, but God is also merciful and wants to save people. Because we said that the subject of mercy is mentioned in many verses.

'The Lord is not slow to keep his promise, as some think, but is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.'

2 PETER 3:9

While God forgave people's sins, He offered us that magnificent 'Divine solution' that would realize both His justice and His love at the same time, without expecting anything in return. And the name of that solution is the CROSS .

The Wage of Sin and the Necessity of the Cross: Atonement

“Atonement” means a sacrifice made to cover and forgive sins. In the Old Testament, there was a sacrifice system for the forgiveness of sins. People who committed sins would bring an animal to the altar to be sacrificed for atonement.

For it is blood that gives life to living creatures, which I have given to you on the altar for the atonement of sins. The blood makes atonement for life.

LEVITIANS 17:11

However, sacrifices were not a permanent solution and had to be repeated constantly.

'There is no basis in the law for good things to come, but only a shadow of them. Therefore the law can never perfect those who approach God by offering the same sacrifices year after year. If it could, why would it not have stopped offering sacrifices? For once the worshippers had been cleansed from their sins, there would be no more sense of sin. But they are a yearly reminder of their sins, for the blood of bulls and goats cannot take away sins.'

HEBREWS 10:1-4

Jesus Christ, the Lamb of God, was the complete and final atonement for sin. He was perfect and sinless. He was the final and perfect sacrifice.

' Not with the blood of goats and calves, but with his own blood, he entered the holy place once for all, having secured eternal redemption. The blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of heifers sprinkled with blood sanctify the unclean and cleanse them physically. How much more then, will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, cleanse our consciences from dead works, so that we may serve the living God!'

HEBREWS 9:12-14

'The next day, when John saw Jesus coming toward him, he said, "Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!"

JOHN 1:29

We have seen the justice and love of God in great reality.

'But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.'

ROMANS 5:8

Couldn't God Have Another Way to Forgive?

'He moved forward a little, fell on his face to the ground and began to pray. "Father," he said, "if it is possible, let this cup be taken away from me. Yet not as I will, but as you will."

MATTHEW 26:39

But Jesus Christ was our substitutionary sacrifice . He was our SACRIFICED SACRIFICE.

' But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities. The punishment for our salvation was inflicted on him, and by his wounds we are healed.'

Isaiah 53:5

'God made him, who knew no sin, to be a sin offering for us, so that we might become the righteousness of God through him.'

2 CORINTHIANS 5:21

'“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him.'

JOHN 3:16-17

Jesus Christ paid the price of death for sin with His own body, carrying the cross in our place, thus paying the debt that man must pay.

The Atonement of the Cross: Reconciliation

Sin has damaged the relationship between man and God and distanced him from that holiness.

'But your sins have separated you from your God, so that you cannot see His face, nor can you make your voice heard.'

Isaiah 59:2

The cross has undertaken this task of reconciliation. Because forgiveness is not simply ignoring or turning a blind eye to sin. If there is a debt, it must be paid, someone must pay this debt, there is a proverb in our country; “Debt is the lash of the brave.” Jesus Christ was the one who went under that lash instead of us. He reconciled us with Himself by paying “the debt of our sin” in our place.

'Having made peace through the blood of Christ shed on the cross, he was pleased to reconcile to himself all things, things in heaven and things on earth.'

COLOSSIANS 1:20

'For if, while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.'

ROMANS 5:10

If someone does you a great harm and you forgive him, you will have taken on the cost of that harm. In this way, people also had a debt to God, and God paid that debt. Jesus Christ paid for it by His death on the cross. And that's why the cross is the center of salvation .

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