Jesus had to say \u201cno\u201d his entire life, it wasn't just at the beginning. Over and over right up until the very end when Jesus was hanging on a cross, the crowd is yelling out, "You saved others. Save yourself. Come down from that cross," and Jesus, while he is dying, says one last great \u201cNo\u201d. That no became God's \u201cYes\u201d to the human race.\xa0 The cross, which looked like the triumph of \u201cNo,\u201d actually becomes God's \u201cYes\u201d of atonement, forgiveness, grace, life and love to the human race.\xa0