Mark 15 recounts the jeers that passersby hurled at our Savior as he hung on the Cross: “He saved others; he cannot save himself.” (Mk. 15:31)
D. A. Carson explains that they are both right and wrong:

“This is the man who voluntarily goes to the cross (14:36; cf. John 10:18).  To say “he can’t save himself” is ridiculously limiting.  Yet he couldn’t save himself and save others.  He saves others by not saving himself.” (Carson, For the Love of God, Vol. 1, entry on 2/12/07)

That is to say: our Savior is our substitute.  Our sin required payment to be paid to an infinitely holy God.  Only by sacrificing himself in our place could the Savior earn this forgiveness on our behalf, to bring us near to God.
Remember this today and rejoice.

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