Did Jesus choose to humble Himself and go to the cross, or was He forced?
He humbled Himself of His own volition and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. This voluntary sacrifice was not forced; it is the bedrock of salvation—so simple that people stumble over it, yet beyond human comprehension.
Les explains that Jesus, being found in fashion as a man, humbled Himself of His own volition and became obedient unto death—not just an ordinary death, but the most horrible death ever devised, the death of the cross. That voluntary act is the bedrock of our salvation. Les notes it is so simple that people stumble over it, yet so complex that even a thousand years could not comprehend the power of the work of the cross. All God asks us to do is believe it, but the world refuses.