Lee Strobel

If I could go back, of course I wouldn't do that again. So things change, fortunately. The Bible said in 2 Corinthians, you know, when you come to faith like that, the old is gone, the new has come. Wow. Sorry to get emotional, but I kind of relive it when I tell it.

If I could go back, of course I wouldn't do that again. So things change, fortunately. The Bible said in 2 Corinthians, you know, when you come to faith like that, the old is gone, the new has come. Wow. Sorry to get emotional, but I kind of relive it when I tell it.

I mean, I go back to that moment and think, gosh, I just poured out my heart of this gross things that I had done in my life, terrible sins, and just laying that all out to God and saying, God, I believe based on what I've learned, that Jesus has paid for all that. He paid the penalty I deserve for the sins that I've committed. And I want to receive that gift right now.

I mean, I go back to that moment and think, gosh, I just poured out my heart of this gross things that I had done in my life, terrible sins, and just laying that all out to God and saying, God, I believe based on what I've learned, that Jesus has paid for all that. He paid the penalty I deserve for the sins that I've committed. And I want to receive that gift right now.

I mean, I go back to that moment and think, gosh, I just poured out my heart of this gross things that I had done in my life, terrible sins, and just laying that all out to God and saying, God, I believe based on what I've learned, that Jesus has paid for all that. He paid the penalty I deserve for the sins that I've committed. And I want to receive that gift right now.

And that sense of being forgiven, of having that washed away, wiped away, was just so liberating. Just, I felt like I was 10 pounds lighter. And, you know, that's a pivotal moment in my life. Pivotal moment, I think, of my eternity.

And that sense of being forgiven, of having that washed away, wiped away, was just so liberating. Just, I felt like I was 10 pounds lighter. And, you know, that's a pivotal moment in my life. Pivotal moment, I think, of my eternity.

And that sense of being forgiven, of having that washed away, wiped away, was just so liberating. Just, I felt like I was 10 pounds lighter. And, you know, that's a pivotal moment in my life. Pivotal moment, I think, of my eternity.

Yeah. I thought it'd be a lot easier. I really did. I thought, oh my gosh, you're telling me someone rose from the dead? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Give me a break. I think I could disprove that overnight. Gosh, it was like hitting that thing and it just bounced back up.

Yeah. I thought it'd be a lot easier. I really did. I thought, oh my gosh, you're telling me someone rose from the dead? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Give me a break. I think I could disprove that overnight. Gosh, it was like hitting that thing and it just bounced back up.

Yeah. I thought it'd be a lot easier. I really did. I thought, oh my gosh, you're telling me someone rose from the dead? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Give me a break. I think I could disprove that overnight. Gosh, it was like hitting that thing and it just bounced back up.

Great question. If he were just to... There's always a payment involved when forgiveness happens.

Great question. If he were just to... There's always a payment involved when forgiveness happens.

Great question. If he were just to... There's always a payment involved when forgiveness happens.

In a sense, yeah. In a sense, it's kind of a law of the world in that... when you sin against me and you scratch my car or something, I can forgive you and just say, yeah, just walk away. But then I got to pay for it. I got to pay to have a fix or I'm going to lose money when I trade it in. So I'm going to end up paying for it. Someone has to pay the price.

In a sense, yeah. In a sense, it's kind of a law of the world in that... when you sin against me and you scratch my car or something, I can forgive you and just say, yeah, just walk away. But then I got to pay for it. I got to pay to have a fix or I'm going to lose money when I trade it in. So I'm going to end up paying for it. Someone has to pay the price.

In a sense, yeah. In a sense, it's kind of a law of the world in that... when you sin against me and you scratch my car or something, I can forgive you and just say, yeah, just walk away. But then I got to pay for it. I got to pay to have a fix or I'm going to lose money when I trade it in. So I'm going to end up paying for it. Someone has to pay the price.

Especially himself. Because the only way that God could forgive all of humankind would be to send the perfect person, that is, Jesus, who is fully God and fully man, who lived the perfect life, who himself was without sin, to pay for the sins of others. So it had to be someone who himself was sinless. Well, who's that? Well, it's only God himself and it's who Jesus is, fully God, fully man.

Especially himself. Because the only way that God could forgive all of humankind would be to send the perfect person, that is, Jesus, who is fully God and fully man, who lived the perfect life, who himself was without sin, to pay for the sins of others. So it had to be someone who himself was sinless. Well, who's that? Well, it's only God himself and it's who Jesus is, fully God, fully man.

Especially himself. Because the only way that God could forgive all of humankind would be to send the perfect person, that is, Jesus, who is fully God and fully man, who lived the perfect life, who himself was without sin, to pay for the sins of others. So it had to be someone who himself was sinless. Well, who's that? Well, it's only God himself and it's who Jesus is, fully God, fully man.