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Transcript 370C — Did Christ Go to the Cross Willingly?
HC: Good evening. Welcome to Open Forum.
CALLER: Yes. I'd like to know if Christ died willingly on the cross.
HC: Did Christ die willingly on the cross. Absolutely. He died willingly. He came to obediently do the will of His Father: "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on Him should not perish but have everlasting life."
Now again and again He told His disciples that He would die, that He would be crucified, and that He would be raised again on the third day. This is why He came to Jerusalem at this particular time, so that He would be crucified. Jesus said, for example, in Matthew 12: "The only sign I will give you is the sign of the prophet Jonah. As he was three days and three nights in the belly of the fish, so shall the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth."
Christ willingly went to the cross.
CALLER: Thank you.
HC: You're welcome. Good night.