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Why Did Jesus Die?

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Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Feb 18, 1913

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 40, No. 7.

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Why Did Jesus Die?

By Lilla Warren

By Lilla Warren
Why, dear ones, why did Jesus die? What motive could there be To make Him choose the cruel death He bore for you and me?
'Twas nothing else but wondrous love That made the dear Lord die. We all are doomed to death, and He Would our salvation buy.
His love, compared to that of earth, Is greater and more high; He calls to all who wander far, "Return! Why will ye die?"
He says: "A mother may forget The child upon her knee, And not compassion have, but I Will never forget thee.
"Thy name is graven on My hands (Love greater none can find); And tho thy sins are very great, I'll blot them from My mind.
"I am thy Husband and thy God, For I have married thee. Tho thou hast turned to other loves My love is true for thee.
"They say a man will spurn his wife Whom once he put away; But thou art Mine. Return to Me, I love the same to-day!"
Ah, this is why our Jesus died For sinners just like me,— He loves us with so great a love, He came to set us free.