!CHRIST SAVES! God made everything and designed us to live righteously forever in perfect harmony with Him and each other. He gives us knowledge of how to live. We rebel against God’s standards, and we violate what we know is right. This is sin, and it carries a death penalty--but God made a way out. He sent Jesus, who is fully God and fully man, to live a perfect life and die on the cross. He had no sins to die for, so He took our sin on Himself and paid the death penalty for us, so that our sin is no longer an issue before God. If we believe in Him, He gives us everlasting life instead of the death penalty we deserve.