Romans 3:25-26, The payment for sin

Every legal system in the world is set up to where there must be payment for breaking the law. This may come in the form of a fine, community service, probation or even the loss of your freedom or life but is stands that payment must be made if someone is found guilty of a crime. More server crimes have the harsher and the strictest penalties while lesser crimes carry less of a burden on the guilty. Paul deals with the payment for breaking God law in verses 25 and 26; this is a crime that carries a heavy punishment for all who break it. It is a crime that carries the death penalty. Ezekiel 18:20 says that the soul that sins shall die and Romans 6:23 says that the wages of sin is death. The law has been broken and someone must pay the debt that is owed, their life. In these two verses, Paul reveals that God made a way to pay the debt for all sin by shedding the blood of His Son Jesus. Jesus came to earth and lived a perfect life without sin so that he could be the sacrifice of atonement for all sin.

In 1 Peter 1:18-19 the Apostle Peter deals with the reality that that this is a debt that we could not pay. He says that we are not redeemed by the works of our own hand, traditions, or even with silver or gold. We are only redeemed by the precious blood of Jesus Christ who knew no sin yet became sin on our behalf. We can’t work hard enough to pay off the debt, we can’t accumulate enough wealth to pay off the debt, and we can’t do enough good to pay off the debt. The only way the debt of our sins can be covered or erased is by the blood of Jesus Christ. Through the shedding of the righteous blood of Jesus Christ we can escape the debt that was to be paid with our own life and eternity in Hell separated from God. Jesus paid the debt for all but only those who accept Him as Lord and Savior have the payment applied to their account, those who refuse to accept the sacrifice must pay their debt with their own lives.