Isaiah 53:4-9

Isaiah 53:4-9 
English Standard Version (ESV)

  It's easy not to consider the consequences sometimes.  Let's say that you notice there is something wrong with the tire of your car, but since you're still able to drive it now, you keep going, ignoring the problem because it's not impacting you today, and maybe you could continue to drive on it for weeks, or for months, and whenever the noise gets loud enough you just turn the radio up, and the car travels on.  Let's say a warning light comes on, but the car is still running, so maybe you find a sticker to cover the warning light, because it doesn't affect you immediately.  You carry on... until one day the tire bursts on the freeway at high speed.  Then you're really in trouble and you wonder how this happened, suddenly realizing the full impact of the consequences.
  Sin works that way.  So often, we carry on without realizing the full weight of the consequences of our actions.  So much of sin doesn't have an immediate impact on us.
  But God realized the full weight of sin, and God wept at the thought of being separated for eternity from us.  So God, who is rich in mercy and love, accepted the full and painful weight of sin.  Jesus Christ, God's own Son, was pierced for our transgressions, despite having no fault of his own, and accepted the death that we deserve.  All of this was done because God loves you, and God wants you to be free of the weight of the consequences of our sin, and so God pays the price that we cannot pay. 
  Because of this, we have forgiveness and peace and mercy in Jesus Christ, and we receive what we do not deserve -- eternity, the full weight of glory, escaping the consequences of sin, all through the free gift of grace.