“Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man,

though for a good man someone might possibly dare to die.

But God demonstrates his own love for us in this:

While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. “

Romans 5:7-8

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“Behold the man upon a cross,

my sin upon his shoulders;

ashamed I hear my mocking voice

call out among the scoffers.

It was my sin that held him there

until it was accomplished;

his dying breath has brought me life-

I know that it is finished.”

 

from How deep the Fathers love for us by Stuart Townsend