I certainly don't want God to judge me based on "my" deeds.
-I've lied -makes me a liar
-I've cheated - makes me a cheater
-I've stolen - makes me a thief
-I've haven't always represented correctly who God is - makes me blasphemer
-I've hated - makes me a murder
-I've lusted - makes me an adulterer
Since God is Holy He cannot tolerate what I bring to the table since my deed are corrupted by being born into a world where Satan temps and we sin. Any wrong deed breaks the law of God. If you believe God is a just God then He cannot accept me based on my deeds. God could have used any method to reconcile us to Him but chose to use a method that was simple enough for anyone to understand and respond to. I also think it is interesting that in essence He has trolled Satan with providing a way for us to have a relationship with Him without dying.
I don't follow the Catholic faith but follow Jesus which simply translates (Savior or Liberator) The Christ and Messiah means (Chosen One) and God providing a sacrifice, as foretold by the prophets and symbolized by the law to show that a sacrifice of death was required because our deeds are not enough.
The new covenant that the Liberator, who was prophesied that would come, brought was even more accessible than the old covenant under Abrahamic law. Through Him, the Liberator, the whole world was blessed and could inherit the access to God that those who were descendants of Abraham, or joined the nation of Israel, enjoyed.
Repentance of the our deeds is required. If we rely on our standard of good and evil we deny God's standard and make ourselves to be our own god in His rightful place.
I certainly don't want God to judge me based on "my" deeds.
-I've lied -makes me a liar
-I've cheated - makes me a cheater
-I've stolen - makes me a thief
-I've haven't always represented correctly who God is - makes me blasphemer
-I've hated - makes me a murder
-I've lusted - makes me an adulterer
Since God is Holy He cannot tolerate what I bring to the table since my deed are corrupted by being born into a world where Satan temps and we sin. Any wrong deed breaks the law of God. If you believe God is a just God then He cannot accept me based on my deeds. God could have used any method to reconcile us to him but chose to use a method that was simple enough for anyone to understand and respond to. I also think it is interesting that in essence He has trolled Satan with providing a way for us to have a relationship with Him without dying.
I don't follow the Catholic faith but follow Jesus which simply translates (Savior or Liberator) The Christ and Messiah means (Chosen One) and God providing a sacrifice, as foretold by the prophets and symbolized by the law to show that a sacrifice of death was required because our deeds are not enough.
The new covenant that the Liberator, who was prophesied that would come, brought was even more accessible than the old covenant under Abrahamic law. Through Him, the Liberator, the whole world was blessed and could inherit the access to God that those who were descendants of Abraham, or joined the nation of Israel, enjoyed.
Repentance of the our deeds is required. If we rely on our standard of good and evil we deny God's standard and make ourselves to be our own god in His rightful place.