Reply #160: You've heard it a thousand times [View All]

"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. He who believes in Him is saved, and he who does not believe in Him is condemened already. John 3:16-18

God requires a blood sacrifice for sin according to the Jewish Law given to Moses by God. Priests preformed sacrifices of perfect animals in the temple to cover sins. Only the priest could enter into the Holy of Holies to sacrifice the blood. Jesus is our perfect sacrifical lamb. He died, shed his blood for all the sins of mankind.
When Jesus died, mysteriously, the veil in the Holy of Holies was torn into. An animal sacrifice was no longer required. We now have Jesus for our atonement. His blood covers our sins once we make a commitment to Him. We are under His grace, we still make mistakes but our sins are covered. To come to the Father, you have to be perfect without sin. Only through Jesus' perfect life and sacrifice, which is given to us as a free gift, can we enter into the Father's presence.

We can never live up to the perfection God requires. Because Jesus lived a perfect life, we can claim it as our own.