}

What is hell and how do we not go there?
What really happened on the cross:
The ten commandments are called the moral law. We broke the law, and Jesus paid the fine, enabling God to legally set us free from sin and death. (Romans 8:1-4)
God is perfect; we are not.
But when He saves us and we are "born again", the Holy Spirit moves in and begins to transform our imperfections. Jesus changes us
from the inside out.
Our salvation is our personal miracle.
His blood shed on the cross covers our sin.
For God made Christ, who never sinned, to be the offering for our sin, so that we could be made right with God through Christ.(NLT)
--- 2 Corinthians 5:21 NASB
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.
2 Corinthians 5:17
Jesus lives His life through us, so our chief purpose in this life is to be like Him. In our daily walk with Jesus we learn from Him and His spirit is helping us do His will over our own will.
Thus we are becoming more like Jesus. This is what it means to be conformed to His image. We become "conformed to the image of His Son"
(Romans 8:29).
God gives us eternal life as a free gift, not because we are good but because He is good and merciful.