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JESUS PAID THE WAGES OF OUR SIN. “Yes, Jesus paid for our sins in the sense that He took our [ sins ](https://carm.org/dictionary-sin) upon Himself and died with them. He took our place and made a legal payment according to the Law. Payments are made to legal debts. We incur a legal debt to God when we sin because sin is breaking the Law of God (1 John 3:4). Note that it is the LAW that we break--laws like the 10 Commandments (Exodus 20:1-17 ). Laws have punishments. Laws are legal requirements and boundaries. Therefore, we sin by breaking God's law when we lie, steal, etc. When we sin, we incur a legal debt to God, and we deserve to be punished. But Jesus, who was God in flesh ( John 1:1, 14), took our sins upon Himself and bore them in His body on the cross (1 Peter 2:24). Since the wages of sin is death (Romans 6:23), and Jesus died on the cross and paid our penalty, then that is how He paid for our sins.” ---Matt Slick, CARM.org