Why did Jesus Die?

I attended the first session of the conference where John MacArthur addressed the question, "Why did Jesus Die?" Preaching from 2Corinthians 5:18-21 he showed us that Reconciliation is from God--he initiates and accomplishes it. We must understand that what we deserve is judgment, but God has made a way for humans to be at peace with God through the substitutionary (in our place) death of Christ. God placed upon Christ our sin--viewed Christ as sinful even though He is not. God treated Christ as if He were sinful so that Christ took the weight of sin upon Himself. God is just in punishing the unjust only in that Christ took on Himself the punishment sinners deserved. And God has given us the ministry of reconciliation. We are here to share with others the great and glorious news--they can be forgiven and at peace with God through the cross-work of Christ. Not only did Christ pay the price, but for every believer the righteousness of Christ has been imputed to us. As a believer I can say that when God looked at Christ on the cross he saw me. When God looks at me as a believer now he sees Christ.

The next session on "Is inerrancy defensible?" was, well, not that good actually.

Came back to the place we are staying and learned to "trifold" bath towels. I'm picking up new skills on my sabbatical. Marla likes them folded this way.