According to the Law of God, “The wages of sin is death” (Romans 6:23). The gift of God, in contrast, is eternal life in our Lord. Your life cannot be saved by the sacrifice of another man’s life, but it can be saved only by the sacrifice of the far more precious life of Jesus Christ. Just as Jesus said, “Those who are well have no need of a physician” (Mark 2:17); it is to save sinners that the Lord had come to this earth. To call and deliver all sinners from the sins of the world, Jesus Himself bore each and every sin by being baptized by John the Baptist, died on the Cross, rose from the dead again, and has thereby saved us all. Having thus delivered us from all the sins of the world, Jesus has made us the believers in the gospel of the water and the Spirit God’s own children. And He has given us everlasting life. In short, the Lord has already fulfilled all our salvation completely and perfectly. However, countless Christians are still trying to be remitted from their sins through their own efforts. These misguided Christians are relying on their own devotion and piety to receive the remission of sins from God; even at this very moment, countless Christians are fasting, praying all night long, and attending morning-prayer meetings, thinking that this would somehow remit away their sins. And this is precisely why they are all so wrong. https://www.bjnewlife.org/en/sermons/sermonsDetail.php?idx=3481