Why Jesus Was Crucified

God the Father who is a Spirit (was never seen by any human being) gave the command, “The soul that sins shall die”. The Bible tells us, “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God” (Rom. 3:23). It also says, “For the wages (or penalty) of sin is death” (Rom. 6:23).

This is the greatest problem of the human race, the very special creation of God through His only begotten Son (John 1:3) - the SIN problem. How did God solve this problem? At a great sacrifice, God “sent His only begotten Son that whosoever BELIEVES in Him should not perish but have everlasting (or eternal) life.” (John 3:16).

Notice that only those who “believes” in Jesus Christ as their only Savior and Lord will be saved from eternal death. No one else. Notice further that the Word of God does not say that only the “good” people shall be saved. Instead, what the Bible says is that “For by grace (unmerited favor, or we do not merit the grace of God) are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves (no one can save himself by his own efforts); it is the gift of God: not of works, lest any man should boast” (Eph. 2:8-9). Of course, a true disciple and believer of God/Jesus in the flesh, will always do good works.

The Bible tells us, “But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us” (Rom. 5:8 KJV). Normally, a human being created by God is willing to sacrifice for a good man, but not with our God, “even while we were yet sinners, He gave His only begotten Son to perform the supreme sacrifice of dying in the cross of Calvary as the substitute or in place of the sinner-believer, so the latter shall have eternal life.

Christ came to the world to reveal the character of the Father and to redeem the fallen race. “And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth” (John 1:14).

The glory of the Father was revealed in the Son; that is Christ (God in the flesh) made manifest the character of the Father. That is why, “He who has seen the Son had seen the Father” (John 14:9-11).

The Bible tells us that “Christ died for our sins” (1 Cor. 15:3). This was prophesied by the prince of all prophets, Isaiah of the Old Testament, seven hundred years before it actually happened, as follows: “All we like sheep have gone astray (we are all sinners); we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord had laid on him the iniquity (or sin) of us all,” (Isa. 53:6). Isaiah continuing, prophesied:

^“7 He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb (as sacrifice) to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.

⁸ He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken (or put to death).

⁹ And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death (buried in the tomb of Joseph of Arimathea); because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.

¹⁰ Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.

¹¹ He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.

¹² Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors (crucified between two criminals); and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.” (vss. 7 to 12)

SIN is the very and only reason why Jesus Christ was nailed to the cross of Calvary. Why did God allow this to be done to His only begotten Son? Only one reason: Because of God’s LOVE for His special creation. “For God so LOVED the world that He gave his only begotten Son that whosoever believeth on Him should not perish but shall have everlasting (eternal) life” (John 3:16 KJV). The only requirement is we must BELIEVE by faith and accept by faith the free gift of salvation of our soul through the redemptive supreme sacrifice of our Lord and only Savior Jesus Christ. Why free? So that everybody has an equal chance: the poor and rich; the high, mighty and influential and those without rank and influence; the young and old; in short, “whosoever will.”

Jesus was and is the light of the world. He came forth from God with a message of hope and salvation to His fallen creation. If men would but receive Him by faith (without seeing Him personally) as their personal Savior, through hearing and believing the Word of God [the Bible] (Rom. 10:17), He promised to restore to them the image of God and to REDEEM (or get back) all that had been lost through sin. Thus, the Bible says, Jesus Christ died for our sins (1 Cor. 5:3).

Jesus demonstrated that upon his resurrection, He had a glorified body, able to go through the sealed tomb and penetrate closed doors, go to places without jet or airplane, and He lives eternally - - never to die again. As believers/disciples/followers of Christ, when resurrected into life, we will also have the same glorified body and will never die again like our Lord Jesus Christ. And Jesus gave us this assurance.

“14 Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.

² In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.

³ And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also. x x x

¹⁹ Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also.” (John 14:1-3; vs. 19 KJV)

Jesus died once but resurrected on the third day so the true believers will also die once but resurrect not on the third day but on an appointed resurrection day for all believers, and they will have eternal (everlasting) life like the Lord Jesus, to live with Him in heaven forever and ever. How do we like that?