Why die?

Chatting with Josh and Josh and Bryan at Sonic about daring to die for Christ... The discussion guide turned the question on its head, asking what Christ's motive was in dying for us. Josh Maubach, off the top of his head, listed the two essential factors: (1) to save souls, and (2) to obey His Father. Of course, the incredible thing is that those two factors are the very same impetus we ought to find if we're ever faced with martyrdom. "We must obey God rather than men." "The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the Church."