Why did Christ give Himself for our sins?
Christ gave Himself for our sins so that He might deliver us from this present evil world. This self-giving is the bedrock of salvation, accomplished through His obedient death on the cross, and it is so simple that God asks us to believe it.
Les teaches that Christ Jesus, though in the form of a human being and totally man yet totally God, humbled Himself of His own volition and became obedient unto death—the most horrible death ever devised, the death of the cross. That work of the cross is the very bedrock of salvation. Les explains that He gave Himself for our sins to deliver us from this present evil world. While this is so simple that God asks us merely to believe it, it is also so complex that we could live a thousand years and never fully comprehend the power of the work of the cross. Les also notes the wickedness of the Roman Empire and how America is following the same path, but deliverance is from this present evil world.
Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father:
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What does it mean that Christ gave Himself for our sins in Galatians 1:4?
Galatians 1:4's statement that Christ 'gave Himself for our sins' shows that He died voluntarily, of His own volition.