The only pathway to life is through death. The only way to reach the kingdom of God is by a wholly new birth, a new life, a new nature in us, and in order to impart that, which involves the judgment of the flesh, He, who had life in Himself, must die. This is the end, under God’s judgment, of all that is of the flesh, and hence the introduction of heavenly things and eternal life.
W. T. P. Wolston