Bible Time

Why did Jesus have to die?

What if you were given the chance to look into the future to see how your children would turn out [before they were born]; what would happen in yours & their lives. Would you decide not to have them? Odds are you would change nothing, because they would be the children of your heart.
If you found out that your future children would bring you pain & suffering [they usually do], would that change your mind? Most people answer no.
If you knew your child would bring you much joy & pain by their life choices, would that diminish how much you would love them?
Just imagine: Say the child of your heart was to run away, and reject your life style and you. Maybe fall into trouble or drugs and be lost to you. If you could rescue you child and bring this beloved child of your heart back to you, would you? What If child was in very bad trouble. Was being held captive and was to be tortured to death, and would be lost to you forever. And you were given the chance to rescue your child and guarantee that you would have eternity with your child if you did as the enemies asked, would you?
What if these captors/enemies wanted to torture you instead, but promised to release your child? Would you not suffer for this beloved child of yours, to save your child this pain? How many parents are willing to die to protect their children? That is what God did.
He knew when he created us, that we would rebel. He also knew that He could save us. He knew the cost, but was willing to pay it because of His love for us [His beloved children].
He knew that we could not live the perfect lives necessary to spend eternity with Him. He knew that our sin & rebellion bring separation from Him. He also knew that there was a way to bring us back into proper fellowship with Him. The Israelites offered the purest sacrifices on the alter, to God, to cover their sins. But, to be truly forgiven, only a true and perfect life would be able to keep us close to God. As humans we fail. God is the only perfect one. He knew that it would take a perfect sacrifice to fix our relationship. God in His foreknowledge knew the cost. He created us anyway. Why, because He loves us. We are His beloved children. So He died in our place to save us from hell. If He had stayed in the grave the story would have ended there. He rose from the grave to defeat sin and death. He is Heaven preparing a home for us right now.
Instead of being offended by the fact that He suffered and died for you. You should be grateful that He loves you that much. I am. John 3:16 "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life". Knowledge of His sacrifice is not enough. We need to accept the give of eternal life with Him. That is why He died. Read John 3:3-8 this is about being born again. We can know and believe that He died, but if does not reach our hearts and change our lives, His death was for nothing.
Again: If you were given the chance to look into the future to see how your beloved children would turn out [before they were born]; what would happen in yours & their lives. Would you decide not to have them? Odds are you would change nothing, because they would be the children of your heart.
If you found out that your future children would bring you pain & suffering [they usually do], would that change your mind? Most people answer no. If you knew your child or children would bring you much joy & pain by their life choices, would that diminish how much you would love them?
JESUS KNEW THE COST AND HE WILLINGLY PAID IT BECAUSE HE LOVES US.