Will being a "good person" get you to heaven?
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A person is justified before God by believing in Christ Jesus, not obeying the law of Moses.
Because what? What's the problem with that? Nobody ever has obeyed the law of Moses except Christ.
So you can't be saved by doing all these other things. You can only be saved by Christ, Christ alone.
Nobody is justified before God because they're such a good person, right?
We know this is the common general view that the average person has today.
Well, I'm going to be okay because I'm a good person. By what standard?
By what standard? Society's standard? What? The standard we have right now or the standard from 20 years ago?
Which is it? Justified before God because of our goodness?