Jay Smith; It requires a death, it requires a sacrifice. It requires blood that has to be shed. He would take on that punishment on himself. It is something he chose for himself to do. Otherwise, everybody is lost. Because it does take a blood sacrifice for the wages of sin is death according to Romans 6:23. It’s because of that sin, that separates us from God, that God took it upon himself to rectify himself, otherwise we’re all dead.

Shabir Ally; Actually this idea was originated by Paul. He said the wages of sin is death. He made the cross the centre of his theology and that’s why he said, if Christ is not raised, then you are still in your sins. To him, God had to come and die for your sins. But it makes no sense because if God wants, he can forgive us. Nobody has to die for somebody to be forgiven. Because if somebody dies, there is no forgiveness, you know that means I just took my full price. But if God was loving and kind, he should be loving and kind to his son as well and save his son by some other means.