Our sins put Him there and caused the horrible death of the pure and innocent Jesus. Sagging from nails through the hands and feet, the stripped victim was exposed to the elements and taunting rejection. Jesus paid the penalty of your sins of thought, word and deed. Seeing the awfulness of sin awakens personal guilt. We recoil from the Devil's hellish bait.
Sin is moral cancer, spiritual insanity.
Repentance is the resolve to stop living a life of sin. How ridiculous that some want a religion that doesn't interfere with their life. Repentance is a change of mind toward sin and self that leads to a change of life. Then Philip said, 'If you believe with all your heart, you may. It is a statement of the conviction of your heart, a public test of your intended loyalty.