Why did Jesus have to die?
Jesus had an amazingly productive ministry, teaching and healing thousands. He attracted large crowds and had potential for much more. He could have healed thousands more by traveling to the Jews and gentiles who lived in other areas. But Jesus allowed this work to come to a sudden end. He could have avoided arrest, but he chose to die instead of expanding his ministry. Although his teachings were important, he had come not just to teach, but also to die and he accomplished more in his death than in his life. Death was Jesus most important ministry. This is the way we remember him, through the cross as a symbol of Christianity or through the bread and wine of the Lords Supper. Our Savior is a Savior who died. Born to die The Old Testament tells us that God appeared as a human being on several occasions. If Jesus wanted only to heal and teach, he could have simply appeared. But he did more: he became a human. Why? So he could die. To understand Jesus, we need to understand his death. Hi
” Answer: When we ask a question such as this, we must be careful that we are not calling God into question. To wonder why God couldnt find another way to do something is to imply that the way He has chosen is not the best course of action and that some other method would be better. Usually what we perceive as a better method is one that seems right to us. Before we can come to grips with anything God does, we have to first acknowledge that His ways are not our ways, His thoughts are not our thoughtsthey are higher than ours (Isaiah 55:8). In addition, Deuteronomy 32:4 reminds us that He is the Rock, his works are perfect, and all his ways are just. A faithful God who does no wrong, upright and just is he. Therefore, the plan of salvation He has designed is perfect, just, and upright, and no one could have come up with anything better. The Scripture says, For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures,
