“Do our sins make Jesus suffer more on the cross?” is a contemporary question regarding our current sins and the pain Jesus experienced on the cross. Another common expression today in Christian circles is that every time we sin we drive another nail into Jesus’ hands.  The Catholic catechism regards continuing in sin as continuing to crucify Christ.  All Sinners were the authors of Christ’s Passion

“…it is you who have crucified him and crucify him still, when you delight in your vices and sins.392

Nevertheless, the Scriptures are very clear that Christ’s suffering on the cross was a one time event:

Heb. 7:26-27 “For it was fitting for us to have such a high priest, holy, innocent, undefiled, separated from sinners and exalted above the heavens; who does not need daily, like those high priests, to offer up sacrifices, first for His own sins and then for the sins of the people, because this He did once for all when He offered up Himself.” 1Peter 3:18 “For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:”

While Christ does not experience crucifixion pain if or when we sin, it does grieve His Spirit.

Ephesians 4:30: “And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.”

It is important for Christians to hold onto the doctrine of Christ suffering once for all. This doctrine is crucial to our salvation experience: that we were saved by His Death on the Cross and His subsequent Resurrection that proves that His Death was acceptable to the Father on our behalf. There is no crucifying Him over and over. Once was enough. God is not counting our sins against us now. To see Christ as continuing to suffer on the cross for our sins is actually a blasphemy that implies His one-time sacrifice was not enough, even though Jesus said, “It is finished!”.