The Solution

Jesus Christ

Well, God loves even wicked humanity so much that He gave us the solution.

For the wages of sin is death; but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 6:23 (ASV) (emphasis added)

Jesus Christ is God's Son. He is perfect, being God in essence.

For in Him all the fullness of Deity dwells in bodily form, Colossians 2:9 (NASB^®)

I and the Father are one. John 10:30 (ASV)

He is the way out of our sin death-trap. He was killed by crucifixion, and this was a sacrifice for us. Jesus was our substitute, bearing our sins for us and dying for us even though He was sinless, so we don't have to die spiritually. He was later raised back to life by the Holy Spirit, so giving us life. Jesus' death and resurrection cleanses us from our deadly sin and gives us life, so that we don't have to pay for our sins eternally. This is "grace".

And you, who once were alienated and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds, he has now reconciled in his body of flesh by his death, in order to present you holy and blameless and above reproach before him, Colossians 1:21-22 (ESV)

But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin. 1 John 1:7 (NIV)

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you, who by God's power are being guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. 1 Peter 1:3-5 (ESV)

He also enables us to live in a way which is pleasing to God instead of pleasing to ourselves. This is another part of salvation.

For to this you have been called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you might follow in his steps. He committed no sin, neither was deceit found in his mouth. When he was reviled, he did not revile in return; when he suffered, he did not threaten, but continued entrusting himself to him who judges justly. He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed. For you were straying like sheep, but have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls. 1 Peter 2:21-25 (ESV)

Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and of death.
For what the Law could not do, weak as it was through the flesh, God did: sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and as an offering for sin, He condemned sin in the flesh,
so that the requirement of the Law might be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. Romans 8:1-4 (NASB^®)

Jesus is in fact the only way to be saved and to be right with God. He is the way to go to Heaven instead of Hell.

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no one cometh unto the Father, but by me. John 14:6 (ASV)

Believe in Jesus

But we don't get this salvation automatically. It's available to us freely, but we have to respond to it. We need to accept it and move into it. We do this by believing in Jesus in a true manner.

Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God—children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God. John 1:12-13 (NIV)

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. John 3:16-18 (KJV)

That's how we are forgiven for our sins - by having faith in Christ! But there's something else here that's very important to point out. Belief which is simply in our heads isn't what God wants. He wants all of our heart, soul, mind and strength to be His. He doesn't tolerate mere lip service. We must be wholehearted followers of Jesus, who follow Him in our actions all the time, not just on Sundays at church. It has to be true belief.

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