repentance

Repentance by Dr. Curtis Hutson
There is a penalty for sin, but God has only
one such penalty and that is death. Ezekiel
18:4 reads, "The soul that sinneth, it shall
die." Romans 6:23 says, "The wages of sin is
death!" And James 1:15 tells us, "Sin, when
it is finished, bringeth forth death."
God's penalty for sin is death, and this death
is described in the Bible as the second
death, the lake of fire - Revelation 20:14
says, "Death and hell were cast into the lake
of fire. This is the second death." No amount
of penance will pay for our sins.
The Bible teaches that Jesus Christ paid for
our sins two thousand years ago. First Peter
3:18 says, "For Christ also hath once
suffered for sins, the just for the unjust,
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