Why did Christ die for our sins according to the Scriptures?
Christ died for our sins because this was the fulfillment of God's whole design from day one: He would take upon Himself men's sin. His death, according to the Scriptures, was not only for Israel but also for the Corinthians, America, Europe, and the Orient.
Paul writes that he delivered first of all what he also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures. Les explains this was not just the sins of Israel but the sins of the pagan Corinthians, America, Europe, and the Orient—He died for them all. This was the fulfillment of God's whole design from day one, that He would go to the house and take upon Himself men's sin. The passage then adds that He was buried.
For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
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Was Jesus' death for sin part of God's plan from the beginning?
Christ's death for sins was the fulfillment of God's whole design from day one — that He would take upon Himself men's sin.