Sin is serious because it separates us from God. Because God is just, He can’t ignore our wrongdoing. But because of His love for us, He doesn’t want us separated from Him. What does He do? He has to punish sin, yet He does not want us to die and be permanently separated from Him. This is why the heavenly Father sent His own Son, Jesus, to come to earth for the purpose of dying on the cross for our sins—Jesus actually chose to pay the penalty for our sins. We should have died, but instead, Christ died for us. http://ow.ly/i/q5V49