How Big Tech changes the Hollywood strike
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- Опубликовано: 15 июн 2023
- Hollywood writers are on strike. Since July.14, the actors (SAG-AFTRA) are on strike as well.
What makes this strike very complex is that there are newly powerful players in the mix with different agendas. Namely, it's the streaming tech giants -- Netflix, Apple, Amazon. This situation is bigger than the writers, and I think, bigger than Hollywood.
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I am not a representative body of the WGA. A lot of points I share are my personal opinions.
I break down some key points of contention in the current negotiations, including residuals, AI, and viewership transparency. All of this information are from the WGA website (www.wgacontract2023.org/) and personal sources.
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I am a member of the IA. I support the writers as I sit st home, and all my projects are shutdown. I will support SAG if they strike. 2 years ago we almost struck, we had the support of the WGA, DGA, and SAG. I feel like we settled and got a horrible deal. Next year we will be negotiating again. I know we will be supported again if we decide to strike. 3% increase per year is not enough when inflation is much higher. We all deserve more.
Welcome fellow film pal!
Yeah and you'll get fucked because BCCFU was offered a one year extension on their expiring in March deal at 5% and took it.
Cause unlike.... everywhere else, BC cannot strike at all. Sorry but our set up screws you over some work
I remember Kung Fu BTW- I fucking hated that show it was such a drain on the crew
WELCOME BACK, CYNTHIA.
You're easily the most underrated video essayists in the game right now.
Always super informative content with a unique perspective. 🤙🏽
This is exactly the kind of video on this I needed! I was quite out of the loop on the specifics surrounding the strike. And the whole paper thing for illustration purposes was SO HELPFUL! My brain needs stuff like this real bad. Thank you!
thanks so much! the paper illustrations took quite a bit of time to do, so I'm glad that helped!
First time in 15 years? That's unbelievable
Streaming build up all came to this point....
Covid exploded the issues and accelerated the problems much faster. Now we are here
Thank you, Cynthia. Very informative!
I’m not in your industry, unsuccessful (so far) independent software developer here. But I believe the WGA is fighting for a structure that will help your whole industry in the end, not just writers (and their agents). Dismissing success-based compensation and writer/production interaction is really not helping the industry. And the WGA is giving a great example to other industries. I really really hope that the WGA will succeed.
Writing, making shows and movies, is all about human connection and human experience. And cutting the humans out of the success and putting corporate interests first is not helping this at all.
Putting corporate interests first destroyed radio programming (broadcast or streamed), and arguably contributed a lot to the demise of record companies, musicians and music in general. (Yes, and there is internet file sharing and downloads. But offering Internet-based alternatives, ie. streaming, helps with this. People want the convenience, not necessarily the steal. Now it is more about the corporate interests that formed during this time and that unfortunately prevailed.) And corporate interests controlling shows and movies now, especially in streaming, has a similar effect on writing and show quality.
I really hope that we will get through these dark ages as quickly as possible, and come out on the other end being better. And that writers don’t have to go all the way that music creatives and the music industry had to go through.
I wholeheartedly support the WGA’s action. Make the good deals work again. (Edit: darn, that sentence has the wrong ring to it. But yeah, I guess you get what I mean. Not a writer here.) Creative people need to get the right kinds of working conditions and compensations for their hard creative work. And, of course, everyone involved should benefit adequately. Make it fair.
This will also inform the tech companies how they need to change to make the industry really work. And how an end of the streaming wars could look like.
Yeah, I am going all out here. But the WGA needs to focus on the issues that y’all identified. Only that makes any sense. And I believe even in the big picture it will make sense in the end.
Thanks so much for watching and empathizing with the writers. I also hope we will get through this strong. The fight is much needed, so it might be a while, I just hope to educate the audience as much as possible :)
As informative as always! Thank you, Cyhthia, for keep creating quality content!
This channel is criminally undersubscribed. Your content is amazing, spot on research and Your presentation and editing is really something that left nothing to be desire.
As always a strike is not only a matter of "a few dollars more" but to guarantee dignity. This one - wich I hope gain traction and other professional unions support too - is just one facet of the challenges we all face, everyday, on the labor world. And that, every year, things gets more complicated for the labors - the weakest side of the rope.
Hope you all get what you want and need, this tech giants get regulated and stop parasiting their workers and pay them acordingly AND that this one strike gives the people enough understanding about the ABSOLUTE NEED of unionizing and resist the efforts for making working relationships more and more precarious for workers.
Aww, thank you so much for watching and appreciating everything I put in :)
I have to assume streamers have data similar to the retention graphs creators get here on RUclips. There can be a debate about how those statistics translate into compensation, but it seems like they would be a viable place to start looking for information.
Fantastic video, been outta the loop and now I'm back inside of the loop, nice!
Wow! This is impressive! I really understand what is going on right now, all the parties involved, and their agendas. Thank you for explaining this in such a detailed and informative way. You gained a new subscriber.
Was interested to know more about this, thank you for the video!
love the walk and talk bit and not cutting it
Excellent video! I appreciate video essays that give expansive views on topics I am unfamiliar with. Thank you!
glad it was helpful and thanks for watching!
Thank you so much for breaking down the writers strike step by step. Nice to meet you!!
CYNTHIA this came up on my page bro im hella impressed w your production! I love it so much 🥺
Hahaha, thank you Millenia!!!
Im really obsessed with the music you use in your videos! It makes for such a comfortable viewing experience
Thank you! I actually pick the songs very specifically and work with the stems to make it less intrusive over the talking
Hey, Martin here from germany. First, a thx for your excellent, detailed view of the case. As an IT professional i have to say that collecting and share the information from a streaming platform is actually a lot easier then from conventional TV. I didnt know how the TV numbers in other countries work but in germany there are special boxes to a percentage of households that collect infos of the viewing behavior of the residents. In streaming everything is digital, every device u stream on is connectet to the internet to stream content. So the streaming company can if its IT isnt a complete mess, tell u exactly to the bit how many people on a second are watching a show in every country, town, even household (if its a paid account). So they cleary just not want to share this kind of information. They surely collect all the infos they can get their hands on. Just look at the last trys from netflix to block account sharing. They know exactly who ist watching at a time and then they also know what everyone is watching. Just my 2 c. Sorry for my english ;) i am old.
Yes, they know all of that detail down to the second. Two issues: One is that they don't want to share the information. Not that they don't have it - they just don't want to tell anyone. The second issue is more tricky: When TV shows are in reruns on 'normal' TV you can see when they ran and what the advertising time was worth. I assume this is partly how they decided what residuals are worth. However, if your show is on Netflix and there are no ads then it is harder to put a value on what watching half of an old episode is worth out of the $15 subscription the viewer paid that month. It's not impossible to work out, but I can see how it wouldn't be as easy. (Ad-supported streaming will make that easier because they'll have to tell the media agencies something about who is watching in order to set prices.)
It's a lack of Love problem..... The Universal Human Problem.
Maybe so but the studios are the ones that have to cough up the money
to pay the property taxes on the studio lot.
@@AQuietNight So someone’s losing. And it’s the studios. Why are they losing?
@@Mio248 The movies and tv shows they produce tank. But writers are not
putting their money in, so they have less to lose.
Great work Cynthia!
Very informative and entertaining! Thank you.
I was just passing through, but I deeply resonate with the ideas of social justice and modern economical models. Cynthia's virtuoso acting skills in conveying complex socio-economic situations truly amazed me. Without a doubt, after such a skillful enlightenment performance she's become one of the most notable RUclipsrs and creative speakers for me.
Cynthia, please keep rocking with your incredible style and influence! Your comedic one-actor play adds such a refreshing touch to understanding these complex issues in a deep and emotional way and that truly makes the world a better! 抱拳了！
Any sentence that starts with "AI will never be able to..." usually ends up being wrong.
what people think "AI" actually is.... isn't.
Hollywood has had the tools for years- all of a sudden anyone can do it for a fraction of the cost
We all live under the " golden rule " that rule is the one that has the gold makes the rules. In other words, you need to leverage the writers, and actors don't have any leverage. There are about 10 years behind. Writers and actors are under the impression that they are making art . In reality, they are just part of the add department of the networks. But streamers are not networks, and the actors and writers agreed to this like 10 years ago. Without add/ commercials, what is it really worth to add companies to Coca-Cola, Pepsi, and Budweiser? . The business model cuts them right off, but again, they agreed to this 10 years ago.
Great video and explanation of the situation ! Thanks for the links !
It's kind of a continuation of uberisation, precarisation of workers in the service industry is a global phenomenon
thanks for watching and looking into the resources further :)
I've never been given residuals every time someone visits a web page I helped write or uses software I was involved in developing.
I appreciate the explanation on corporate hegemony, which is so often overlooked. Further, without writers asserting their voices and individual power the companies can and will steamroll over important cultural messages the writers are trying to express. It's quite popular for many companies to stand up for lgtbq+ rights and racial diversity but they have no requirement to do so. Their stories help define our culture; do we really want to leave that responsibility in the hands of corporations?
As a programmer I get the same money if my code makes a $100 or $100 000 000 for my client/employer and I feel more and more like that I shouldn't. I want us to get there so I guess I want to learn the way. How did the writers originally negotiate that they get a bonus on success? Is this something from old times where people where reasonable?
In the past union members literally died fighting for fair wages and safer working conditions. So no, the owner class was not reasonable in the past.
You may need a paradigm shift in thinking - the writers and actors have been in this fight for a far longer time than software engineers. So what you don’t see now you may see later. That, for example, you could choose to have stock options or equity share or other means of making money from your service that has not been thought about yet. What happens with the strike is critical for other professions as well. It bears watching and supporting because reality is going to be vastly different from what we know of in a few years.
@@MemeSupreme69 to add, what the writers and actors are about - to borrow a tech startup term - disrupting our mindset about payment for services rendered.
Great video… one thing to consider: many people writing for streaming shows are providing content that isn’t profitable on its own. Thus the amptp’s reluctance on certain terms like minimum staff numbers, guaranteed work weeks, etc.
I can see where some of these counter terms are coming from, they don't want to provide a guarantee because they do risk losing more if the show fails.
@@cynthiazhou_ right. And a lot of this is streaming specific since ad revenue is relatively non-existent (or new) in comparison to network television. If nobody watches a show then the advertisers don’t want to pay and that’s why they get canceled. If we’re not really honest about who’s streaming what and when, how do we justify an expense without measuring profitability?
Also factor in how much of a shift Netflix made in *producing* it’s own content. Licensing would be much cheaper and sustainable.
3 weeks into this strike.
And just when I knew I had this thing all figured out.,
here comes our girl Cynthia to shed some light on just how much I wasn't aware of.
This thing is big!
Today is Aug 2nd, 2023,
and it was just revealed that both sides agreed to come back to the negotiating table.
Based on what you just shared with us, Cynthia,
I can see the actors & writers rep on one side,
but who will be on the otherside?
Reps for major TV networks,
Reps for cable channels,
but who may be missing as they sit at home yawning?
Reps for these BIG TECH STREAMING GIANTS.
Your new look is awesome! ❤
Your new hair looks very lovely!
Aww thank you!!
That idea of a dark age of Hollywood sounds good to me on paper. The job that these writers have been doing these 15 years is one I do not wish to continue the way it is. That last statement is a good summary, because I do not want people that I believe are bad at their job to have a career on it, these includes producers too. The sad part is all the people that do amazing work that will get caught up in it.
When I heard about the strike, I read the proposal and refusals and came up agreeing with the producers more. Opening a conversation about AI by wanting to ban it all does not give the impression that writers actually want to talk. And asking for transparency on streaming models is basically turning them into RUclips, give people numbers and they will find a way to game them and quality suffers.
On the topic of residuals though, I would love if everyone got them, not only writers. If success should be shared, it should be shared equally including all the behind the scenes staff, not just actors and writers. The people who bet more on a project are the ones taking the biggest gamble, and these are rarely writers, but I still would like a more fair distribution.
I hope this ends well for everyone, but for me my priority is good art to be made, and Hollywood has consistently failed at it.
You raise a couple of interesting points, and I agree that the priority should always be making good art. Specifically on residuals though, residuals are only a contended point because writers are being forced to become gig workers who bounce from one job to one job, in which they only get paid for a few weeks worth of work. In consequence, they may just make 10-15k when the studios make millions, even if the they wrote an entire episode. And then, they go on to become potentially unemployed for months. Thus, the residuals payment structure exists so that the creators of the show also benefit in the long-run. Also, I do believe that the ones taking the biggest gamble aren't necessarily those who pitch in the most money (production studios), but also those who put their livelihood and careers at stake.
I would be very interested in seeing production studios offer equity in the produced work as a form of payment though. I'm very curious as to how that will turn out.
I really do wish your content makes it to nore people soon! Your video quality is top tier 👏
Well, this can be an important learning experience for people who scoffed at unionization and limiting the power of big tech companies.
More likely it'll be a learning experience about how people will be 'looking after number one' and will betray others who are in a similarly shitty conditions for even minor concessions.
Soo beautiful, world-class videographe. Thank you for every video you share with us 🙏
Thanks for this. Happy this video is out. Some folks have reacted negative to the writers strike. Because of bad shows. They think it’s bad writers with the problem. Sure. But I don’t think good writers are often rewarded well enough to keep being good. Because Netflix, Apple, and Amazon have veto power and economic control over the rights of their writers. Before folks blame writers, and move towards apathy, they should think why companies are bad that shows end up being bad. It’s the payment structure. There’s no incentive to make good shows, except a structure of coercion.
Thanks for the video. Lots of good points. Maybe I'm a more pessimistic person but I think the writers may lose the battle. The problem is that content can be cheap. We outsourced manufacturing to China because they were cheaper than going local. With globalisation, there are other places that can keep producing content, until the local source gives in.
You didn't mention Google in your list of companies. Isn't RUclips a big player too? Is their monetisation policy better than the streaming companies?
Will there be a stampede towards RUclips if they can't get agreement with the traditional studios?
RUclips will definitely be an interesting one to look out for! They haven't exactly joined Hollywood in terms of "TV productions", at least to the same scale as Apple or Amazon, but I would argue they have been dominating online content space for a while. I'm very curious how this platform will grow in these coming years.
I think it ends with a W but not without some bloodshed or change.
The AMPTP will cease to exist
your have so many jobs??😄 it's crazy cool!
thank you for the video, i keep learning about new nuances each time i hear about this topic
hahaha, yes I do, my life is a life of balancing different fields of work
Just awesome, and very informative...
That's really cute how you did that transitioning from "residual payment" to "paycheck". Isn't it a bonus payment check above and beyond your contract payment for the piece of contract work you perform.
Great video... Greater HAIRSTYLE! I love it!
This is an incredible video
It's a losing battle to AI.
Even myself: I'm currently programming an app that prints out 80,000++ words per minute, and I'm just a few good prompt engineering parts away from having it at full blast competency.
(And I'm still on non-finely-tuned, last year's models.)
"The Obsession Exchange" thrives at the crossing of the dark underworld, and the madness of the concrete jungle, renting nightmarish obsessions to its yuppie clients wishing to break free from their mundane existence. This sentence took me nearly a minute to write... just to summarize one of the complete story my app pumped out in less time than it took for this comment.
(Want to try it out?)
Also, let's explore a statement:
"AI will never be able to replace the human creativity" == "I'm not competent enough to study and engineer the creative process, and I am narcissistic to the point of thinking no one else on population 8 billion people Planet Earth will ever be more competent than I am".
I'd argue that the statement "AI will never be able to replace the human creativity" is destroyed by your / Cynthia's very video.
If you (viewer) analyze it's construction, you can easily see how it is using the Vox Media recipe. From the paper cut-outs placed by hand, to the constant bouncing between up-close narration and B-roll footage, and passing by the ever-classic "look at what I highlighted in this document", etc.
With good prompt engineering, you (viewer) could pump out the same content by the hour, without ever using "irreplaceable human creativity".
And this is also where the ENTIRE above video is wrong: Big Tech "Control". If a broke guy like me can single-handedly print out entire novels for 0,20$ a pop every minute... Tech giants are at a clear loss of control. All of this is before I get to soon integrate image or video generation integration into my app, but it's coming.
This was an excellent video!
I truly hope the actors strike alongside the writers for a long time because we need to make sure an actual fair deal for the writers and all actors/artists in general is reached. Thank you for making this vid Cynthia!
Hollywood and Western entertainment is long dead to me, but interesting to watch. I'm k-drama+ some other east Asian, 90% are women writers, and it shows the difference. I would like to know more about that. Also k-writers have much more power, to choose the actors, directors . . . That's why it's best work IMHO
The Hollywood strikes and the other labor strikes going on are an example of why the Occupy Movement needs to be revived, especially since the major studios are connected with Wall Street. I also believe this is one of those topics that can bring back the discussion of campaign finance reform because the Hollywood bigwigs have the money to donate to campaigns and PACs to ensure the status quo.
Occupy got co-opted and corrupted very quickly
Same with the freedom convoy in Canada
I really appreciated the color paper
Thanks for appreciating my effort :))
You really pull off the business look
Both sides seem pretty vague on the AI part. I know the writers have made some more specific comments, but it does seem like folks are still trying to figure out what the technology is actually capable of and how exactly they can use it. Also, there are still legal issues being worked out, so I can see why folks would be a bit ambiguous.
14:12 is the reason why this ends by the AMPTP breaking up....
Or apple and Amazon getting kicked out of it
11:44 Never say never. You make a very bold prediction and I don't think you have enough data to back it up.
The residual issue is more complicated than it seems. In traditional TV, the more views a show got, the more advertiser money the network gets for airing that show. So residuals based on views is logical. With streaming, however, it is the exact opposite. A subscriber pays a flat fee so if that subscriber only watches one show, then that view is worth significantly more than the views of another subscriber who watches 200 hours a month. So the fact that a show is "popular" isn't necessarily related to how much money it brings the streaming company. Nobody is subscribing to Netflix to watch Nailed It, yet that show gets a huge number of views.
I do not necessarily agree with your premise here. There have been enough cases where people subscribed to a service for certain series. E.g.: "Disney has not said how many viewers The Mandalorian received, but the service did attract 10 million sign ups in its first 24 hours."
@ashemedai Residuals based on subscriber count might work, but the WGA's demands are for residuals based solely on number of views.
I do agree that Netflix (streaming) has drastically changed the standard for calculating success and revenue for shows. A view on at cable TV network would not be equivalent to a view on a streaming service show, because for the latter, the view is "diluted" across different shows. I have thought about how Netflix could calculate this number or approximation of a number, and while it's difficult to have a framework, I don't think it's impossible. I just think they refuse to release their version of the metrics because it will inadvertently release too much company information.
It’s kind of like how the women’s US soccer team wanted equal pay to the men’s team, but that’s logistically more complicated than it sounds because the two groups are compensated via different structures.
@@cynthiazhou_ While it is possible to create a workable subscription-based residual system, the WGA demands are very specific: "Establish a viewership-based residual-in addition to existing fixed residual-to reward programs with greater viewership. Require transparency regarding
program views."
Requiring the residuals to be only based on viewership AND in addition to the fixed residuals really limits the kinds of flexible approaches that are needed for streaming.
IMO, the WGA is just trying to go back to the network TV days but that isn't very realistic with the revenue models that most streaming services currently use.
Plus, there's always the possibility that a new method of streaming could appear which doesn't use the "monthly fee and unlimited views" method that is currently popular.
This is tedious
Well thank heaven we have Rachel Ziegler and the director of Blue Beetle to remind us what down to earth blue collar people you are and that we should be on your side. Yeah let me think about that. As someone with 20 years in Silicon Valley I'm not going to gaslight you AI is looking better and better everyday and that's the guto reality of the venture capital cycle
14:32 the major broadcasters are mostly owned by the big studios
I like 90香港movies like 王家衛. What is happening in there movie industry now? Curious because I don’t hear any movie like 花様年華
So what happened?? We’re missing an update video!
The GREATES EXISTENTIAL DANGER TO WRITERS IS AI and must be STOPPED. If WGA caves in, in very short time, writers will become extict. GREAT ANALYSIS. CONGRATS.
Old media too expensive
You're in tech and you're a writer??? I'm in college for UX and want to pursue writing as a career in the future as well. I find it fascinating you're able to do both.
Hahaha, yeah I'm balancing a lot of different jobs!
AI deserve respect too. Its a creation, a product to serve and work for human.
The business women skit was spot on. They really will charge you for the privilege.
The strong do what they want and the weak must suffer.
this protests are great for tech giants. they just have to sit it out
DGA did the other unions dirty. lol
Conan is on another level
ur short hair is soo cool
Honestly, residuals don't make sense. Otherwise, every worker should receive a (albeit small) percentage of what their work helped create, every time it's used. A programmer or a graphic designer would then get a paycheck every time an app he created for a company is used? One could argue that screenwriters are more of an artistic edeavour, but yeah, everyone can argue the same.
what happened to you? your videos are very good
{20:05} - You are pretty much... "FORESHADOWING" The Future?!...
Well frankly, Netflix produces so much trash, Id be happy to see some of these writers fired and new ones hired.
And will they pay the new writers a living wage?
@@pamsunshine9233 They should, if they derserve it. On the other hand, I actually doubt its all the writers fault, so mich trash comes out. I mean one often reads about producers etc. interfering and altering the original script.
You’re the main character in Kung Fu?
Nope, just a small character in episode 1!
@@cynthiazhou_ Oh ok
有个口误哈哈，hbo不是流媒体，(HBO)MAX是流媒体
should every worker, in every industry get residuals for something they make? Should a teacher get residuals from every student they've taught if the student does well?
Are dumb or drunk?
Wow. You're pretty
I love how you use the Jenna Ortega example, you should have also mentioned the writing was bad that Ortega refused to follow the script and changed Wednesday to match the character and not the writers desired fan fiction..
I don't support the writers.
Thats just the writers of that one show. You cant just say all writers are bad because of one show
@@Matay000 her example not mine, essencia;;y her example argues against her, maybe she should have researched it first.
trying to make capitalism fair, you really should do something real about that problem. root cause kind of change is needed.
I'm not sure I agree with the arguement for residual. for exmaple, I work in an agency as graphic designer, when the product is sold (meaning the client accepted the work) our contract ends and that's that. if the argue is, because the product (in this case, the show) is successful, then the contributers (writers or director or camera man) should get a cut from the airing per frequecy, I would ask if that also apply to buildings in which the architects and the builders should also have the residuals, because the buildings will not be successful without them? think about, let's say, amusement park, or cinema, or museums etc.
I think in the writer strike case, it seems to me that, entertainment industry is not a profitable industy to begin with, the risk of lossing money is high, and it's labour intensive. I do not doubt the writers work hard for their craft but that doesn't imply they should be pay more.
however, I may have some blind spots that i haven't consider, please enlight me.
is there a half thumbs up? lots of good points in the video but writers need to also look in their own eye a bit.
I doubt writers are that important anyway; many shows have been doing quite well while being awfully written, woke AF, and boring. ChatGPT can produce much better/interesting outcome than most of these guys
The big money men of Hollywood finance all the show writers. A show goes down,
the writers still get a paycheck but the studios get nothing more than
a write off on their taxes. Anyone who knows taxes know write offs are not some
big money maker for any business, they indicate a LOSS of capital.
Not sure what writers make. Writers do not like to mention what the typical paycheck
looks like. They making minimum wage? Are they bringing home 1,000's per week?
A.I. is the future of film making. No sense fighting it, future movies will be designed
with a keyboard populated by performers of the programmer's imagination.
Movie making will become more democratic, not held hostage by the political and
social whims of the Southern California set. A kid in Maine or a kid in Tokyo could
bang out a blockbuster as good as anyone in Burbank can.
The beauty of it all? Even a lowly writer could have a chance at being a greedy, money
grubbing producer. All thanks to CGI/A.I.
ruclips.net/video/ILaU78Oo7XM/видео.html
This video states how a writer makes/made their money.
And here we are after 5 loooong months 😭 btw, you look better in long hair.
What have u done , u cut ur hair :(
AI will win. Deal with it.
Karl Marx would approve this video. Workers all of countries, Unite!
I hope everyone is doing well. I would like to share the good news with everyone here. There is only one God. “Within the one Being that is God, there exists eternally three coequal and coeternal persons, namely, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.” God is the creator of everything and is Sovereign over everything. God has appointed his only Son to judge the living and the dead. We have all sinned and broken God’s law, such as lying, stealing, lusting, anger, and pride. God is Holy, Just, and Impartial. That is why when God judges he cannot let even one sin from anyone go unpunished and that punishment is eternal hell. We can’t work our way into heaven and our good deeds can’t save us from our sin. The bible says all our righteous acts are like filthy rags. We would perish if we died and faced God with our own righteousness.
The Good news is that God is also Love and Merciful and sent his only Son to save his people from their sin. Jesus who is fully God and fully human, lived a perfect life and never sinned. He willingly went to the cross where the Father took the wrath that his people deserved and put it on Jesus. Jesus paid the price for their sin and died on the cross. He was buried and on the third day God raised him from the dead. God commands all people everywhere to repent of their sins and to put their trust in Jesus. Biblical repentance is a change of mind about Sin. It’s an attitude of the heart, genuinely turning from sin to God. Everyone who repents and puts their trust in Jesus, will have their sins credited to Jesus, and Jesus’s righteousness will be credited to them. Their sins will be forgiven, and they will be given eternal life. When it’s time to face God, he will welcome them into heaven because of Jesus’s perfect righteousness.
imagine being really bad at your job and asking more money for it. these writers should have been fired years ago
the real issue is that these writers suck