View this on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ciRMDpET6HI The sermon centers on the necessity of Jesus' crucifixion, emphasizing that His death was not accidental or inevitable due to human hostility, but divinely ordained, scripturally foretold, and the only means by which God's justice and mercy could be reconciled. It argues that Jesus had to die because God had decreed it from before creation, because the Old Testament prophets had foretold it, and because only a perfect, sinless sacrifice could satisfy divine justice and make salvation possible for sinners. The message underscores that no human effort, ritual, or good work can atone for sin, and that Jesus alone—fully God and fully man—was qualified to bear the punishment for humanity's iniquities, thereby enabling forgiveness and eternal life. The preacher calls listeners to personal faith, urging both the unconverted to repent and trust in Christ and the saved to respond with gratitude, spiritual growth, obedience, sacrificial service, and evangelism, all rooted in the profound reality that Jesus died not by force, but by His own sovereign will to fulfill God's redemptive plan.