02 07 Luke 23.26-43 Did Jesus have to die? We see from the passage not only the punishment on the cross for sin, the result of which we are told from Romans 6:23 is death, but then we see the pardon at the cross. Without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness and that blood could only be from the sinless Son of God who became man to die in our place, the death we deserve to give us pardon and paradise we don’t deserve. John R. W. Stott said “My sins sent Him there (to the cross), but His love took Him there.” If He did not go to the cross, we could not receive eternal life. Yes, Jesus had to die.
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