 and paying for them, or we could receive the payment Jesus paid in our place. God loved us so much he allowed Jesus to pay the penalty in our place in full for every sin you and I have ever done. But that payment don't become yours until you go to Calvary and admit to God that you're a lost sinner on your road to hell and that you believe he died on the cross and shed his blood for you. The Bible says in whom we have redemption through his blood. And so it's the blood of Jesus who washes away our sins.