Why?

 "God demonstrated His own LOVE toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us."

Romans 5:8 

"For God so LOVED the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life."  John 3:16

The Cross.....what Jesus endured, suffered for us.   The wages of sin is death (Rom 6:23).  He was sinless, He shouldn't have died.  We should have been on that cross, we were deserving of death....until we came to Jesus.
Our sins were nailed to the cross that day.

This morning, let this song by Nichole Nordeman minister to you.  If you have never heard it before, listen carefully to the words.  Oh, and you might want to grab a tissue.  : )

Jesus went to the cross for you.  He loves you so much that He would have suffered and died if it would have been only for you, dear one.