What drove Jesus to be obedient to the work of the cross?
Love drove Him—His love for mankind and His love for the Father. That love compelled His obedience to the work of the cross, where He humbled Himself and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross, the most horrible death a person could experience.
Les explains that the engine driving Christ's obedience was love—His love for mankind and His love for the Father—which drove Him to be obedient to the work of the cross. He humbled Himself and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross, the most horrible death a person could experience. Later, II Corinthians 5:14 says, “for the love of Christ constraineth us, because we thus judge that if one died for all, then we're all dead.” The reason He died for all was the love that constrains.
But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:
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