It is very common for us to tell our children that Jesus Christ died for our sins. The problem is that we are not explaining the background. In many ways it becomes non-sensical or they believe that He died for their sins, but they really do not understand how the death of one person on a tree can pay for the sins of the world. So whenever we are talking about the gospel, we must set the context or the parameters.

You will never understand the gospel if you do not understand the nature of God.

God is many things: He is holy, He is just, He is merciful, He is compassionate. But all of these attributes exist in God in perfect harmony. This presents a problem: man has sinned and the justice of God demands that that man be punished, but the compassion of God demands that that man be saved.

It is very common that we tell our children, that we tell other people that Jesus Christ died for our sins. The problem is, is that we're not explaining the background. And so in many ways it becomes nonsensical or they believe that he died for their sins, but they really don't understand how can the death of one person on a tree pay for the sins of the world. And so, whenever we're talking about the gospel, We must again set the context, set the parameters. And it's this, you'll never understand the gospel if you do not understand the nature of God.

That God is many things, He is holy, He is just, He is merciful, He is compassionate. But that all these attributes exist in God, with God, in perfect harmony. Now, that presents a problem because man has sinned and the justice of God demands that that man be punished. Yet the compassion of God desires that that man be saved.