What if being good isn't good enough?
God will not be
bribed by "good" works (Comfort). Psa.
49:7, 8; Psa.
127:1, 2; Eccl.
1:14; Isa.
43:26; Isa.
57:12; Isa.
64:6; Ezek.
7:19; Ezek.
33:12–19; Dan.
9:18; Matt.
5:20; Luke
17:7–10; Luke
18:9–14; Acts
13:39; Rom.
3:20–31; Rom.
4:1–8 vs. 9–22.; Rom.
8:3; Rom.
9:16, 31, 32; Rom.
11:6; 1
Cor. 13:1–3; Gal.
2:16, 19, 21; Gal.
3:10–12, 21 vs. 1–29.; Gal.
4:9–11; Gal.
5:2, 4, 6, 18; Gal.
6:15; Eph.
2:8, 9; Phil.
3:3–9; Col.
2:20–23; 2
Tim. 1:9; Tit.
3:4, 5; Heb.
4:3–10; Heb.
6:1, 2; Heb.
9:1–14; Jas.
2:10, 11.
We are declared righteous by faith not works (Ro
4:13;
9:30;
10:6).
What can wash away my sin? Nothing but the blood of Jesus (Matt.
26:28 Mark
14:24; Luke
22:20. John
6:53–56; John
19:34; Acts
20:28; Rom.
3:24, 25; Rom.
5:9; 1
Cor. 10:16; 1
Cor. 11:25; Eph.
1:7; Eph.
2:13, 16; Col.
1:14, 20; Heb.
9:12–14; Heb.
10:19, 20, 29; Heb.
12:24; Heb.
13:12, 20; 1
Pet. 1:2, 18, 19; 1
John 1:7; 1
John 5:6, 8; Rev.
1:5, 6; Rev.
5:9; Rev.
7:14; Rev.
12:11).