The cross: suffering, substitution, satisfaction

Conrad Mbewe  |  Features
Date posted:  1 Mar 2024
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The cross: suffering, substitution, satisfaction

As we move towards Good Friday and Easter, this short book extract helps us focus once again on the message at the heart of the Christian faith – the cross.

When we think of the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ into this world to redeem us from death, we must see His work of redemption under three important categories.

Suffering

Jesus is God. He is the second person of the blessed, holy Trinity, through whom the whole of creation came into existence. In eternity, He entered into a covenant with His Father. Theologians refer to it as the Covenant of Redemption.

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