"The grace of God in the gospel is not squeamish about what has to happen to sin—it must be mortified. It must die. God’s grace does not make the death of sin optional, but rather it makes a resurrection possible. All have sinned and all must die. We either die in Jesus or away from Him. So then, Jesus did not die so that we might live; He died so that we might die, He lives so that we might live." -- Douglas Wilson, Bone of My Bones
Romans 14:7-8
For none of us lives to himself, and none of us dies to himself. For if we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. So then, whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord's.
Romans 3:23
All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.
Ezekiel 18:20
The soul who sins shall die.
Because of sin, someone has to die. Death is inescapable. But because of God's grace, escape from death is made possible. Grace escapes the inescapable without minimizing its certainty. Everyone must still die, but death doesn't get the final say. It gets to speak every time, but it doesn't get to continue speaking.
Resurrection confirms the seriousness of sin and the mercy of God.
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