Saved By Water

Christ is the Just and we are the unjust. We all were born into this world as sinners, in rebellion against God and against His laws. We all were by nature children of the wrath of God, even as others. We all justly deserved Hell for our sins, and therefore we all were on the way to Hell. But God, who is rich in mercy, provided a way out of this dilemma. How did it happen that Christ suffered for our sins?