The Son of God becomes Son of Man so that you can be born as a son of God (John 1; Hebrews 2; 1 John 3). So, you change places. He takes your place in death, freeing you to take a place with Him in life.
2 Corinthians 5:21 says He takes our sins so completely that we “become the righteousness of God.”
And by that will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.… For by a single offering he has perfected for all time those who are being sanctified (Hebrews 10:10,14)
Are you at the center of your religion? Do you depend on yourself, and trust your own works to please God? If so, step away from such and depends only on the grace of Christ. Let Him into the center. He has already received the full blast of God’s judgement for you. Let Him now give you “rebirth” and a new life.
“But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit… (Titus 3:4-5).