When Jesus was hung on the cross, He could have called down legions of angels to save Himself, but His love for us prevailed. God could have pulled Jesus from the cross at any moment, but His love for us prevailed. God turned His face from His only Son, and looked at each one of us instead. He knew what we would be without the chance for redemption, and loved us enough to make the ultimate sacrifice.
John 3:16-17 - For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.
Romans 5:8 - But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
The guest pastor on Wednesday talked about this as well. He said "Jesus dying on the cross wasn't a contract between God and sin (or the devil). It was a contract God made with Himself." God's wrath is powerful, and He knew what could happen if we had no chance of redemption, so He sent His Son (the only one without sin) to be our sacrifice. God did this so that we could be safe from His wrath.
I had never looked at it this way before. I guess I had never really thought of the "why" behind God sending His Son beyond "we needed salvation." I had never considered that God might have worried about what He might do to us if we were allowed to continue in sin without a sacrifice. It certainly gave me a lot to think about, and many reasons to be grateful to my Heavenly Father.
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