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 JESUS PAID THE WAGES OF OUR SIN.

“Yes, Jesus paid for our sins in the sense that He took our sins upon Himself and died with them. He took our place and made a legal payment according to the Law. Payments are made to legal debts. We incur a legal debt to God when we sin because sin is breaking the Law of God (1 John 3:4). Note that it is the LAW that we break--laws like the 10 Commandments (Exodus 20:1-17 ). Laws have punishments. Laws are legal requirements and boundaries. Therefore, we sin by breaking God's law when we lie, steal, etc. When we sin, we incur a legal debt to God, and we deserve to be punished. But Jesus, who was God in flesh ( John 1:1, 14), took our sins upon Himself and bore them in His body on the cross (1 Peter 2:24). Since the wages of sin is death (Romans 6:23), and Jesus died on the cross and paid our penalty, then that is how He paid for our sins.” ---Matt Slick, CARM.org