Joel 2:13a So rend your heart,(inward) and not your garments (outward)
Man is more inclined to outward observance than to Inward matters
Since Adam & Eve man has been trying many different avenues to cover himself, to earn a right into Heaven.
Doing good things,joining a Church,baptism,christening,traditions,re ading Holy scripture, holding to orthodox creed,keeping the sacraments,various religious rites
Sadly many are resting in false hopes.
Improper understanding of the Bible, wrong teaching of the Bible within many Congregations, and family traditions are leading many astray and they don't even realize it.
All things just mentioned are things you do
You cannot save yourself by doing good works or performing various religious rites.
Titus 3:5 "Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us."
Eph.2 8,9 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast.
The Gospel is the good news about Jesus Christ. The Bible says that you must be born again.. God provided a means of reconciliation for man because there was nothing that man could do to reconcile himself and become acceptable to God.
Jesus Christ came and taught us His ways and to die as an acceptable and sinless sacrifice for us. It was sacrifice of Jesus Christ that paid for all sin committed by all mankind.
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