Why was the Cross necessary for our salvation? The easiest answer to this question is to point out that it corrects what is wrong in how we became corrupted by sin. The cross is the place where we die to self and the natural weakness toward sin that is built into our nature as a result of sin.

Much like eating too many sweets can produce diabetes and smoking can cause lung cancer, sin causes our nature to be weakened ad crave a sinful thing. The cross is that surgeon scalpel to remove that from us and make our eternity a return to purity.

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