What Christ suffers on the cross is the deserved just wrath for sin. Abuse is undeserved aggression against a lesser party. In Jesus' said, I know how holiness works and that's why there are sacrifices. The son as freely offers himself as the father offers him for us. God loved you enough to lose at the cost of his son.
The second of the Comfortable Words, John 3:16, demonstrates God’s desire and initiative to save his people. In this episode of White Horse Inn, hosts Michael Horton, Justin Holcomb, and Bob Hiller unpack this familiar verse and consider its implications for how we think about salvation, fellow image-bearers, and our Christian freedom.