 The good news of the gospel is that there's a cure for the sickness that is sin. All have sinned and the wages of sin is death. Every single one of us deserves that punishment. All of us. Every single one of us deserves to be judged in that way. But God in His mercy and His compassion, God in His grace and His love, because He is good, because He is loving, because He is merciful. He decided to do something that He did not have to do. He came to earth as a man, died and suffered upon a cross, taking your place, your punishment, your shame. And that great exchange is this, that if you give Him your temporary life, He'll give you His eternal one.