why did Christ have to suffer for our redemption? a young friend asks me. if God loves us so much why did he not love his son as much? it is a rehash of the good old question, why does a good God allow so much pain? because, i tell him, it is in Christ that you see the fullness of God in one. when you see the purity of a life gloriously unstained by sin and shame, and as you see the depth of a love that will not let you go, then you begin to see the cross. Bonhoeffer says, if you want to see what God is, in his wrath and in his love, look at his Son.
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