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God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)

When the will of God crosses the will of man, somebody has to die (Addison Leitch).
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Jesus did not die to increase our self-esteem. Rather, Jesus died to bring glory to the Father by redeeming people from the curse of sin. Of course, the cross has many benefits, one being that we are no longer cast out of the presence of God and we have intimacy with the Holy One. But the cross deals with our sin problem, our spiritual need.
Edward Welch