Wednesday, May 11
Fifty Reasons Why Jesus Came to Die
(Wheaton, Ill.: Crossway Books, 2006), 25
A suitable Savior
If the Son of God had gone from incarnation to the cross without a life of temptation and pain to test his righteousness and his love, he would not be a suitable Savior for fallen man. His suffering not only absorbed the wrath of God. It also fulfilled his true humanity and made him able to call us brothers and sisters (Hebrews 2:17).
Fifty Reasons Why Jesus Came to Die
(Wheaton, Ill.: Crossway Books, 2006), 25