It has been asked, “If God is so good, why does He send people to hell?” Easy answer: That’s what we all deserve. Don’t believe me? I challenge you to watch the evening news on television, cross someone over money or pride, or simply drive in traffic. Every waking moment, we human beings actively demonstrate two things: our total depravity and our need for a Savior. And the good news is, there is One. Over two thousand years ago, in a tiny town, on a dark night…there was born to a virgin girl a baby boy, named Jesus. As we learn in John 1:14 of the New Testament, “And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us; and we saw His glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.” The boy grew to be a man who, unlike us, never sinned. You see, God is holy. And we are not. And though our sin rightly deserves the punishment of eternity in the everlasting fires of a very real place called hell, “…God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish, but have eternal life.” (John 3:16) So after living a sinless life of preaching and teaching an undeserving world about His Father; after His countless healings of the sick, the lame, and the dead; after confronting all that had been wrongly taught by religious authorities…Jesus laid down His life on a Roman cross, to take the wrath of God that we deserved. As He said in John 10:17-18, “For this reason, the Father loves Me, because I lay down My life that I might take it up again. No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down of My own accord.” And on that cross, God poured out His wrath. Jesus died there. And in three days he physically rose, alive, from a tomb to continue serving humanity and witnessing of God’s goodness. And it is necessary to underscore this point: Jesus was not merely a prophet, not merely a good teacher, and not merely one who performed miracles. He was and is the second living Person of the Holy Triune God. Because His crucifixion satisfied the wrath of Yahweh, and because He rose from the grave, a Way is now made for our salvation. So the good news is, if we repent, turn from our sins, and put our trust in Him and His Holy Word…we will be saved.