Words from the Cross: Forgive Them

TAKEAWAYS:

1. The crucifixion was a spiritual necessity.

2. Forgiveness needed a cleansing agent to wash sin away.

3. Jesus carried within His body the only blood that could cleanse sin.

4. To release that blood, Jesus had to die a bloody death.

5. Crucifixion produced such a death.

6. All of this was planned by God so that He could offer salvation to the world, and more personally to us.