Who Killed Jesus?

Hmm. Hey Annie, what would be a good topic for the next. What video?

Hmm. How about, how did Jesus die? There's some people who don't know that one.

Well, that's a good point. So let me ask you, how did Jesus die?

The Crucifixion of Jesus

Well, he died on the cross for our sins.

That's right. Now, here's another question. Who killed Jesus? Well, I don't know. Well, some say the Romans and others say the Jews, but Isaiah 53 10 says, it was the will of the Lord to crush him. In Acts 2 23, it says that Jesus was delivered up according to the definite plan and foreknowledge of God.

And in Romans 3 25, it says that God put Jesus forward as a sacrifice. So who would you say killed Jesus? God did? That's right.

God’s Sovereign Purpose in the Death of Christ

It was God who killed Jesus. But why did God do that?

Because he loves us. In pagan religions, people thought they had to do something for their made-up gods to appease their wrath. For example, the people thought they had to sacrifice to the false god, Baal, or he wouldn't send rain.

But the true God became a man, lived a perfect life, died in the place of his people, whose sins were placed on him, and he was crushed by the justice of God that we deserved. Our God appeased himself.

1 John 4 10 says, in this is love, not that we have loved God, but that he loved us and sent his son to be the propitiation for our sins. Propitiation is a big word, but it basically means that Jesus satisfied the wrath of God.

Propitiation and the Love of God

What do you think about that? That's pretty awesome.

It's all pretty awesome when we understand the text.

That was cheesy, Dad. I know.