[Jo Nuvark]

[...He evidently couldn't forgive mankind without killing His own son...]

Nuh uh. Jesus was a volunteer. And sin put Him on that cross. My sin and your sin.

[Junior]

And if God was all-powerful, He wouldn't require a sacrifice to forgive sins. You seem to be missing the whole point.

[Elsie]

Nuh uh. Jesus was a volunteer. And sin put Him on that cross. My sin and your sin.

 

Yup!

 

 

NIV John 1:29
   The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, "Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! 

 

 

NIV John 10:17-19
 17.  The reason my Father loves me is that I lay down my life--only to take it up again.
 18.  No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down and authority to take it up again. This command I received from my Father."
 19.  At these words the Jews were again divided.