In order to free us from the slave market of sin,
God designed a means by which His perfect standards can be met.
God the Father sent His Son, Jesus Christ, to remove the barrier between God and man.
When Jesus Christ came to earth to become the God-man, He was born outside the slave market.
His humanity was perfect.
Because of His unique birth, He alone had no sinful nature.
He never committed a sin Himself, and no divine punishment was due Him.
Only Christ qualified on His own merit to meet the perfect standards of God.
Only Christ could purchase our freedom because He was free from sin and outside the slave market.
God the Father as the Supreme Judge accepted Him as your substitute.
Jesus Christ chose to be judged on the cross for man's sins.
"God made Him who had no sin to be sin for us,
so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God."
He paid the death penalty on the cross for you and every other human being.
Every sin ever committed - past, present, and future - was judged on the cross.
God the Father pronounced the sentence and Jesus Christ obeyed it.
By accepting your punishment, Jesus Christ became your substitute.
As your substitute, He met the perfect standards of God for you
and removed the barrier between you and God.
