Just as a criminal is one who breaks the law of the state, a sinner is one who breaks the law of God. To be rescued from your sins, you need to realize that you are a sinner and under the condemnation of a holy, righteous, and just God. Just as there is a penalty for breaking the law of the state, there is a penalty for breaking God s law. The penalty of sin is death or separation. There are two kinds deaths mentioned in the Bible, physical and spiritual.
Physical death is the separation of the body and the soul.
Spiritual death is eternal, in which the soul is separated from God to a place known as Hades after which there is judgement and banishment to the eternal lake of fire. For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. This brings us to the good news . The good news is that this inescapable state of death and condemnation has been remedied by our Savior Jesus Christ. When Jesus died on the cross He bore the punishment for all our sins.