Have you ever said, "That's not fair?" No one can ever say that of God. God is always fair (or just) in everything He does. The Bible says that God "does no wrong, upright and just is he" (Deuteronomy 32:4). God is our judge, and He judges fairly.

Since Adam and Eve, everyone is born into this world with a "want to" to sin. God is holy; He hates sin. He cannot let people do wrong without punishing them because He is just and fair. The Bible says, "For the wages of sin is death . . ." (Romans 6:23). Wages are what we earn for what we do. What do we earn for sin? Yes, death. God said that because of sin we deserve to be separated from Him forever. That's the punishment our just God placed on sin. It is called eternal death.

But God sent His only Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, to die on the cross and take the punishment we deserve for sin. People who reject the Lord Jesus will be lost forever in a terrible place called Hell. All who believe in Jesus as their Savior are saved from the punishment they deserve (Acts 16:31).