The Cross: Key to Everlasting Joy

All of Matthew and all of human history have been building to this crescendo. God's Son is hanging on a cross, beaten, bloody, rejected, and despised. Why did it all come to this? Why did Jesus have to die? We've all heard that Jesus died to offer us forgiveness of our sins, but what if that's only a part of the reason Jesus died? What if that isn't even the main thing his death accomplished? What if I told you that the cross was a key that unlocks never ending, ever increasing joy for all who believe? This week we will look at the centerpiece of human history with the Scripture as or lens and see the chief reason for the death of God's Son.