John 19:1-7
Jesus died because He was God. And according to our law and way of life, God must be cast out.
For the Jews back then, blasphemy mattered. Jesus claimed to be God! For us today, Jesus is an impediment. My politics, my recreational choices, my pleasures, my feelings, come under direct challenge from Him. So, He must die.
He died to fulfill the law of God, which was, “The soul that sins shall die.” He was imputed with sin. That means the Father put everything wrong with the universe on the Son. All wrong died with Christ. He imputes to those who live for Him freedom from sin, evil, and death within their souls. The law of God says, “The righteous shall live by faith.”
He died to show us the depth of our hatred of holiness and love. We want the world of satisfactions and happiness. God only offers holiness and love. Those who yield their lives to Jesus find joys, peace, and power to live far beyond what previously they considered to bring those things.
Why? They live by the Resurrection, not by the way of death. See, all we do based on biology is based on death. All we do based on our culture is based on death. All we do past on the dead past is filled with death. The Resurrection is eternal life. No death here!
He died because the law of God showed His death was the only way for human beings to be actually human, and to live, not just wallow in death. He rose to show us that real life, and to bring it personally to each one of us who wants it.
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