For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. – John 3:16 (ESV)
It is clear from Romans 6:23 that the wages of our sins are death. All that my sin does for me is earn me death. But it is through the death of Jesus for sin that we can have life. Our sin condemns us, but when we believe in Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior, we can have eternal life with God.
Today on March 16th, we can be reminded of the starting block for the foundation of our faith. This block, the truth of the Gospel, that Jesus died for our sins. The reality that God loved the world so much that he sent his son to die for us. God sent his son to die in our place, to take the punishment for our sins, so that we could have life.