Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory?
(Luke 24:26)
Ten reasons Christ ought to have suffered.
1. To satisfy justice: (Jeremiah 23:5)
2. To fulfil the law: (Matthew 5:17)
3. To fulfil the scriptures: (Matthew 26:54)
4. To do his Fathers will: (Luke 22:42)
5. To keep the promises: (2 Corinthians 1:20)
6. To redeem his people: (Galatians 3:13)
7. To be obedient unto death: (Philippians 2:8)
8. To taste death: (Hebrews 2:9)
9. To put away sin by the sacrifice of himself: (Hebrews 9:26)
10. To answer to the types and shadows of the old testament: (Hebrews 10:1)