Dieing for us.

I recently started reading the book The Case for Christ. I think everyone out there should read it. It helps get a deeper understanding than I ever imagined I could get. I haven't read a lot of it yet but there is one point in the beginning that stands out to me and its a really good point to be made. Lee gives you an example of what some people claim about Jesus. They say hes a liar. That he didn't willingly die for all of us. He puts this into a worldly example. Lets say theres a benchwarmer for the school basketball team and he wants to impress the new girl. He might lie and tell her he is a starting player and get caught up in that lie. Now if the girl or anyone else would stick a gun to his head and ask if he really was a starting player and if he was he was going to die would he stick with that lie? Most of us know that if this would happen we would find out the truth pretty quickly. But as they were killing Jesus he remained true to his word and died willingly. Do you still think he would have died that willingly over a lie? No one that I know would die over a lie. That just proves to me how much Jesus really loved us and wanted to save us and give us a second chance.