To do good unto others is commendable but we are all measured according to God's standard and the bible teaches us "...all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;" (Romans 3:23)
"Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me." (Psalm 51:5)
God's standard is infinitly higher than ours. We, so easily, argue away our sin. We minimise it, we deny it, we categorise our sins so that some become so small in our eyes, that they don't really seem to count.
But in God's judgement we "...are all gone out of the way...there is none that doeth good, no, not one." (Romans 3:12)
We can't work our way into heaven.
"For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast" (Ephesians 2:8, 9)
"But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him." (Hebrews 11:6)
We are all born out of the way, going our own way, doing our own thing with little thought for God but listen to the words of the Lord Jesus "I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me." (John 14:6)
No man cometh unto the father but by me! He is the way, He is the truth and He is The Life.
Salvation has been provided, purchased by the precious blood of Christ "who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God" (Hebrews 9:14)
We can only accept the gift, freely offered from God. A gift cannot be paid for by the recepient, it's a free gift from God. Will you not accept it?
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