Will being a "good person" get you to heaven?

Moore's Corner Church

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A person is justified before God by believing in Christ Jesus, not obeying the law of Moses.

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Because what? What's the problem with that? Nobody ever has obeyed the law of Moses except Christ.

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So you can't be saved by doing all these other things. You can only be saved by Christ, Christ alone.

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Nobody is justified before God because they're such a good person, right?

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We know this is the common general view that the average person has today.

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Well, I'm going to be okay because I'm a good person. By what standard?

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By what standard? Society's standard? What? The standard we have right now or the standard from 20 years ago?

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Which is it? Justified before God because of our goodness?