God is Holy and Perfect . . . and we are not. Sin not only means doing wrong or failing to do all that God wants. Sin is also ignoring or rejecting God. Because God is Holy, He cannot accept our sin.

This means we all have miss the mark of God’s perfection. We all have done things that are wrong, if it is not right it is sin.

What Happens When We Sin:
Isaiah 59:2 But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.

Romans 6:23  The wages of sin is death...

Sin causes a gap between God and us. (See above illustration) Death, in this verse means eternal separation from God, This is the penalty for our sin.

John 14:6 Jesus saith...., I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

Why Did Jesus Christ Have To Die:
I Peter 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:

2 Co 5:21  For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.

  Click Here to Read Romans Chapter 5 that tells us why Jesus Christ had to come and die.  

 

You respond with Faith (Trust) In Christ:
Ephesians 2:8,9 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.

You respond by Repentance (Turning To God From Sin):
Acts 3:19 Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out...

You respond by Receiving Jesus Christ:
John 1:12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God...