How do I know that “the wages of sin is death” (Romans 6:23, ESV)?

You may have grasped this simple, but oh-so-very-very-complex truth long ago, but I woke up this morning, Good Friday 2023, and thought, “Wow—when all of my sins were placed on Jesus, He had to die to rid me of their penalty. It makes perfect sense now that ‘the wages of sin is death.'” His death provided the necessary “payment” for my sins.

That thought alone could stir a very somber reaction.

But the fact that it was His grace, His willingness, His love that caused Christ to take not only my future sins but the sins of the whole world upon Him, separating Him from the One dearest to Him (His Father, God) and causing Christ a level of anguish we could never fathom—well, it just overwhelmed me.

Grace.

Greater than all my sin.