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Every single person on this planet has sinned at one point in their life and has broken God's law. Some examples of these sins would include lying (Revelation 2:8), hatred (1 John 3:15), and lust or adultery (Matthew 5:28). Sins like these have caused God's perfect creation to be “groaning” and broken, and they separate us from God. God cannot allow any type of sin to enter heaven, because sin causes death. ‭Romans 5:12 says,” Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man (Adam), and death through sin, in this way death spread to all people because all sinned.” 

“For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Romans 6:23

It had to take someone absolutely sinless to bear the guilt of all the world, and it also required a person who could conquer death.  The only person who was able to do that was Jesus Christ. The Bible says that Jesus was God In human form (John 1:29 Luke 4:18-22). Jesus lived a completely sinless life, and ultimately he died on the cross for the sins of the world. But what most people don't understand about the cross, is that a legal transaction took place. Because all of us have broken God's law, Jesus stepped in to fulfill the judgment that would be passed to us for violating that law. Then Jesus defeated death by rising from the dead.

It is difficult to understand why Jesus did this, but the Bible explains that “God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love that he had for us, made us alive with Christ even though we were dead in trespasses. You are saved by grace!” ‭Ephesians 2:4-5 

God was not willing that any of us face judgment, but that all should come to repentance. When we reject that forgiveness, we willingly put ourselves outside of his mercy, and God simply passes the sentence of judgment that we have put on ourselves (Matthew 25:41 and 46).  The simple way to being forgiven involves easy steps: to come to God in repentance, agree that we are sinners, and put our faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. In ‭John 5:24, Jesus said, “Truly I tell you, anyone who hears My word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal life and will not come under judgment but has passed from death to life.”