Misconception

"You probably have it all figured out, right? Like your the type that believes that if you act right then that just might make you righteous in God's sight.
You've been a really good person, you followed the good book as much as you could, you probably didn't go to church as much as you should, but it's all good.
I mean you never really killed anybody, never really steal from anybody, you never lusted much, or did much, touching of any bodies.
You never use the Lord's name in vain, and you respect you neighbor, you try to maintain peace, love your enemies and not hold on to anger.
You really believe that you could receive God's favor by your good deeds and right behavior.
But you're dead in your transgressions and need a savior.
Cause you could never win God's approval with the removal of sinful discretions – your righteous acts of removing God's wrath is in fact the biggest misconception..."

                                    

                                       - Misconception by Lecrae on Church Clothes

I think this is how a lot of the world thinks... but it is a misconception, because this isn't what the Creator's manual teaches us. I like how in those lyrics it says "Your the type that believes that if you act right then that just might make you righteous in God's sight." This is really talking about the world's view on getting to Heaven. Maybe making the right decisions and doing good deeds will override your sins and get you to Heaven.  

If a man were in court for murder, it wouldn't work if he pleaded "Judge, judge, I give money to charity." The judge will not let him free just because of that deed. That metaphor works like it does with Jesus. We all sin. Our sin is the crime. Our good deeds is giving to that charity.
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Verse by Verse

John 3:16 - For God so loved the world that He gave His One and Only Son so that everyone who believes in Him, shall not perish, but have eternal life. 

Many people know this verse by heart and it has a very good meaning to it. Understanding by paraphrasing parts can help also. This means that God loved and loves the world so much, that he had His own Son die for a crime Jesus didn't commit. How many people do you know would die for you on a cross with nails through his wrists,* blood dripping down their face and body, dying in agony for six hours, being beaten and whipped, and skin getting torn of their back, but yet for something they didn't even do? Jesus Christ.

John 14:6 - Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man comes to the Father, but by Me." 

Jesus is saying in this verse that the only way to get to Heaven is by accepting Him and nothing else. When He says "comes to the Father" He means getting to Heaven.

Romans 10:9 - That if you shall confess with your confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus, and shall believe in your heart that God has raised him from the dead, you shall be saved. 

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To be saved, you need to accept Jesus Christ into your heart and ask Him to forgive you of your sins. You also need to turn and repent from your sins and believe fully in your heart that Jesus Christ is Lord and died for you. He will give you a new heart - one that wants to please Him. Jesus is the Lord, and He wants you to be in Heaven, but you won't get there by your good deeds. Repent and trust the Savior because you don't know when you will perish. The Lord loves you so much that He died for you.

Don't you know you've been bought with a price?