At the foot of the Cross (Kathryn Scott)

As sinners, we are a people bound for eternal damnation. As a holy and righteous God, God cannot let sin go unpunished. According to the Bible, the wages of sin is death. But in His great love, God decides to spare the sinner. So He finds a substitute instead. Someone to take our place. Someone to bear the punishment in our stead. God the Father chooses to crush His son, Jesus, to reconcile ourselves to Him. Not only does He save us out of darkness into His marvellous light, when we give our lives to God, and accept His gift of life, He adopts us into His family. And calls us sons and daughters of God, with a full inheritance, and the resources of Heaven behind us. Imagine that! Truly, now we can trade our ashes in for beauty!

For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God (Romans 3:23)

But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us (Romans 5:8)

He was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds we are healed (Isaiah 53:5)

Everyone who calls on the name of the LORD will be saved (Acts 2:21)

Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved. (Acts 4:12)

We are saved into God's family!

How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! (1 John 3:1)