Question 24: Why was it necessary for Christ the Redeemer to die?
Since death is the punishment for sin, Christ willingly died in our place to free us from the power and sadness of sin and bring us back to God. Through His substitutionary and atoning death, He alone redeems us from sin and obtains forgiveness of sins, justice, and eternal life.
- And also to you.
- Who in the past were an outsider and an enemy in understanding your evil deeds.
- Has now reconciled you in the body of his flesh.
- By his death.
- To present you before him holy.
- Unspotted and unspotted.
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ANASIO DE ALEXANDRIA
By taking a body like ours, because all our bodies were subject to the corruption of death, he gave his body to death instead of all, offering it to the Father, he did so out of sincere love for us, that his death, everything should die and therefore abolished the law of death, because he fulfilled in his body that for which he was appointed , thus nullified his power over men; He did so so that men who had returned to corruption would return to incorruption by making them live by the death and appropriation of their bodies, as well as by the grace of their resurrection. Thus, death would make them disappear, as if it were straw in the fire.
MARK DUTY
Why was it necessary for Christ the Redeemer to die? That’s an important question. I don’t know if other problems can be as important as this. Christ lived a perfect life, the life that you and I should live. He lived a life of love, of service. He lived an incredible life of trust in our Heavenly Father; therefore, the question is necessary. Why would someone like that die, why would that be morally necessary?
Well, he wouldn’t have to die alone. If we only thought of Jesus, there would be no need for the cross. No, he died to be a Redeemer. It was his will, and it was also the will of his Heavenly Father to redeem us. It was by his will that he gave his life, that he sacrificed himself, dying on the cross, to free us from the pain we deserved. Since God is good, He must punish sin. God knows what evil you and I are doing in secret. God is real. It is not just an idea. It is not just a projection of our imagination. And God is so completely committed to what is good and sure that all sin will be punished. This is where Jesus comes in. Jesus has decided to be our Redeemer. His Heavenly Father was willing to give himself as a substitute sacrifice. Is this a very used word? a substitute, instead of, instead of you or me. Jesus is our substitute when we repent of our sins, when we turn away from them and trust Him again. Why did the Redeemer need to die? Because that was the only way you and I could live.
Savior Expiator, we are grateful that we have not gone back, then, and endured all death on the cross and beyond. When you die, we can live forever. Knowing this helps us face our own death with courage, faith, and hope.
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