What do you think of this by Max Lucado? in his book The cross ?

The final prayer of Jesus was about you.

His final pain was for you. His final passion was you.Before he went to the cross, Jesus went to the garden. And when he spoke with his Father, you were in his prayers. As Jesus looked into heaven, you were his vision. As Jesus dreamed of the day when we will be where he is, he saw you there ... Never had he felt so alone. What had to be done, only he could do. An angel couldn't do it. No man has the purity to destroy sin's claim. No force on earth can face the force of evil and win-except God. And God couldn't turn his back on you. He couldn't because he saw you, and one look at you was all it took to convince him. Right there in the middle of a world which isn't fair. He saw you cast into a river of life you did not request. He saw you betrayed by those you love. He saw you with a body which gets sick and a heart which grows weak. He saw you in your garden of gnarled trees and sleeping friends. He saw staring into the pit of your own failures and the mouth of your own grave. He saw you in your Garden of Gethsemane - and he didn't want you to be alone.

He wanted you to know that he has been there, too. He knows that what it's to be confused. He knows what it's like to smell the stench of Satan. And perhaps most of all, he knows what its like to beg God to change his mind to hear God say so gently, but firmly "No" For that is what God said to Jesus. And Jesus accepted the answer. At some moment during that midnight hour an angel of mercy came over the weary body of the man in the garden. Jesus stood, the anguish gone from his eyes. His heart will fight no more. The battle had been won. The sign of conquest? Jesus at peace in the olive trees.

On the eve of the cross, Jesus made his descision. He would rather go to hell for you than go to heaven without you. And going to the cross was the cost of his decision. Man by himself could not, cannot deal with his own guilt. He must have help from outside. In orderm to forgive himself, he must have forgivness from the one he has offended. Yet man is unworthy to ask God for forgiveness. That, then, is the whole reson for the cross. The cross did what sacrificed lambs could not do. It erased our sins for eternity. The cross did what man could not do. It granted us the right to talk with, love and even live with God.

You can't do that yourself. No matter how many worship services you attend or good deeds you do, your goodness is insufficient. You can- not be good enough to deserve forgiveness. No one bats a thousand. No one bowls three hundred. No one, Not you,not me nor anyone. Thats why we have guilt in the world. Thats why we need a Savior

That's why there was a cross. You can't forgive me for my sins nor can I forgive you for yours. Two kids in a mud puddle can't clean each other. They need someone clean. Someone spotless. We need someone clean, too. That's why we need a Savior. Tha't's why there was a cross.