Sin is a heavy burden, akin to a chain that weighs us down, hobbling and restraining us. It is a part of our nature, something we cannot shed by ourselves. The people of this world live with it and die from it, unable to do anything about it through their own efforts. Many become callous to it or deny its existence, yet it remains ever-present. Scriptures establish that sin is indeed a burden, like a weight that encumbers us and impedes our forward movement. The notion propagated by evangelicals, through altar calls and hymns, suggests that we can lay this burden of sin on Christ at the cross. They urge people to come forward, to cast off their load of sin onto Him, as if He is waiting to receive it. However, this idea is misguided. Christ does not passively accept sins dumped upon Him. Instead, He actively took our sins upon Himself, initiating and completing the act of carrying them away. His bearing of our sins is a spiritual matter, not a physical carrying, but a profound act of lifting them out of God's sight, so that God forgets them. We are powerless to remove this heavy chain of sin that burdens us. It is fastened to us, and we cannot unfasten or lift it onto Christ's shoulders. While we were yet sinners, Christ lifted this burden from us in an active display of love. He took it upon Himself, not because we placed it there, but because He chose to. His work on the cross is finished, and He now intercedes for His people at His Father's side in heaven. The idea that we can lay our sins on Him through an altar call is not only incorrect but arrogantly presumptuous, usurping God's prerogative to call and save.