The good and bad (part 3)

Romans 6:23: "For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." The bad news is that the wages of our sin is death. Because we are sinners we are deserving of death and are separated from God because of our sin. We could not pay the penalty for our own sin. There is no good work we could do or amount of money that we could pay. However, the good news is that Jesus Christ gave us the greatest gift that anyone could give to any person. He willingly laid down his life so that you and I could have eternal life. That is definitely good news.