• Why was it necessary for Christ, the Redeemer, to die? Since death is the punishment for sin, Christ died willingly in our place to deliver us from the power and penalty of sin and bring us back to God. By his substitutionary atoning death, he alone redeems us from hell and gains for us forgiveness of sin, righteousness, and everlasting life.
• Does Christ’s death mean all our sins can be forgiven? Yes, because Christ’s death on the cross fully paid the penalty for our sin, God graciously imputes Christ’s righteousness to us as if it were our own and will remember our sins no more.
• You can receive this forgiveness today if you've never received it. Christ died for you, and this offer of forgiveness is available to anyone.

Why must the Redeemer be truly God? Because of his divine nature, his obedience and suffering would be perfect and effective; and also that he would be able to bear the righteous anger of God against sin and yet overcome death.

Jesus is only able to save us because he is fully God. Because he is God, he is able to give us the same eternal and everlasting life that he has as God. Do you believe this?

Additional Resources:

• The Athanasian Creed, a historical tool for helping us explain the Trinity.
• The Necessity of Christology (Ligonier): a brief devotional on why Christology matters to our daily lives as Christians.
• The Deity of Christ (The Gospel Coalition): a helpful introduction to the doctrine of the divinity of Christ.

Why must the Redeemer be truly human? That in human nature he might on our behalf perfectly obey the whole law and suffer the punishment for human sin; and also that he might sympathize with our weaknesses.

Christ became a human to save humans. He is what it means to be truly human. And because he died as a human, on the day you die, his humanly resurrection will be your humanly resurrection.