Only a divine Saviour can save mankind from their sin. Therefore, some scholars argue that Jesus had to be divine himself to be worthy of sacrifice for a payment of all these sin.

However, critiques would question this reasoning:

If Jesus was God Almighty

• Then there would have been no god to maintain the universe while Jesus was in his limited human. Yet evil did not destroy the universe during that period, and we are still here today.
• Then the devil's human temptations to by-pass his sacrifice would not have made sense at all as Jesus himself could just change the rules and decide to forgive humanity without any suffering or sacrifice.
• A sacrifice is given to worship a greater God. If Jesus was God, who did he worship?

If Jesus was partially God and partially human

• Then Jesus would not have only partially died and partially sacrificed himself.
• Then Jesus' death would have been fake, because he would not have been completely dead.

If Jesus was God's avatar

Then Jesus would not have really suffered anything and God would not have given up anything which means nothing was sacrificed.

If Jesus was a distinct divine being from God

Then we would have had two competing gods which contradicts many scriptures.