He died because God wants to forgive us for our sins, if we're repentant, but He must also punish sin. Jesus' death also demonstrates His love towards us, which can make us realize that we're sinful and have sinned against Him.
There are many ministries out that that have written on these questions. Gotquestions.org is just one. I don't have all the time it would take to reply to this, and they've done a very good job of it already.
They point out these Scriptures, among others:
“God made Him (Christ), who knew no sin, to be sin for us that we might become the righteousness of God in Him” (2 Corinthians 5:21). "
"Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his stripes we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all."
"When the prophet John the Baptist saw Him, he cried, "Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!” (John 1:29)."
So you rather google what someone else wrote than to do your own research?
Interesting... read the bible verse I gave above [in the post], that will help. Also you will enjoy more the discussions when you read first the post and understand the context!
Well, I did read the post. Why would you say then that I didn't read it? That's untrue.
I don't agree with what the post says. It's not in line with what the Bible says.
And we are to be good stewards of things, including our time. I have researched these questions in the past, but don't have a reply written, while other Christians have already answered these questions, so being a good steward of my time and resources, I used the work of other Christians. And I didn't even quote anything they said, but just the Bible verses they mentioned.
What about those Bible verses then?
What does the bible say?