04-26-2016, 03:44 PM
(04-26-2016, 01:30 PM)fredtoast Wrote: I understand the concept that man has done nothing to deserve God's forgiveness, but I have never understood why Jesus had to die for it.
If I make a sacrifice to myself I am not making a sacrifice at all.
Interestingly enough, I don't know whether God was making a sacrifice to himself, or to mankind. Jesus is often described as a gift to the world, so is it God making a sacrifice to mankind, or mankind sacrificing their gift to God?