Why Did Jesus Have to Die?
Over the past few weeks, we have been asking the question “Why?” We first tackled the little question of the meaning of life: we were made to bring God glory. Everything about us is meant for that purpose, to extend to God the central position in everything. We revolve around God, not the other way around. So last week, when we asked the question, “Why the church?” we have to remember that the church’s purpose is to bring God glory. Everything we do should bring God glory. Anything else is missing the mark. This comes in handy when we consider this week’s question: Why did Jesus have to die? This is a very good question, and it gets to the heart of our entire belief system. One way of putting this question is this: If God is so good, why doesn’t he just forgive? To ask God to simply look the other way, like a kindly grandfather tsking “boys will be boys” would be to ask God to be someone who he is not. God is just. ...