(quote from RealReality.org/Real_Faith_and_Reason_Vol_3_-_Scientia.pdf)

There’s another part of God’s revelation we must understand, and everyone on this journey may already understand, but we put it here to be complete. God loves us, and we can know this truth with certainty by God’s revelation. He knows we fall far short of absolute righteousness and holiness. Therefore, being a just God, He must judge us in a just way. That would mean punishment in hell. However, He didn’t want this punishment for us since He loves us so much, so He suffered our penalty, paying the price for our wrong thoughts, words, and acts. That price was the highest price anyone’s ever paid for anything. And He paid it with His blood on the cross, a Roman instrument of torture and shame. He bore the curse of every sinner.

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