“Jesus paid a debt He did not owe because we owed a debt we could not pay. What would drive him to such sacrifice. First John 4:10 says, “In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation [payment] for our sins.” This is the gospel, my friend.”
James MacDonald in 10 Choices: A Proven Plan to Change Your Life Forever (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2008) 44.