Sunday, February 27, 2011

Why was it necessary for Christ to suffer “death?”

Heidelberg Catechism

Question 40.
Why was it necessary for Christ to suffer “death?”

Answer. Because the justice and truth [1] of God required that satisfaction for our sins could be made in no other way than by the death of the Son of God.[2]

[1] Gen 2:17;
[2] Rom 6:23, 8:3; Php 2:8; Heb 2:9, 14-15

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