What sent Jesus to the cross?
The love of Christ sent Him to the cross. Philippians describes Him as being in the form of God, yet making Himself of no reputation and taking the form of a servant, a bond slave. That love moved Him to the cross.
Les explains that it is the love of Christ that sent Him to the cross. He points to Philippians 2:5, where Paul writes that Christ Jesus, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God, but as God made Himself of no reputation and took upon Himself the form of a servant—or, as Les puts it, a bond slave. Earlier in Galatians 5, Paul speaks of faith working by love, and Les asks what love is first and foremost: the love of Christ as He poured out His love for us. That love is what moved Him to the cross.