What the Bible Says about Being Good

▸ God’s standard is _____________________

Matthew 5:20 – But I warn you – unless your righteousness is better than the righteousness of the teachers of religious law and the Pharisees, you will never enter the Kingdom of Heaven! (New Living Translation)

Matthew 5:48 – But you are to be perfect, even as your Father in heaven is perfect. (New Living Translation)

▸ God’s solution is a _______________

Hebrews 10:12–18 – 12 . . . Christ made a single sacrifice for sins, and that was it! . . . 14 It was a perfect sacrifice by a perfect person to perfect some very imperfect people. By that single offering, he did everything that needed to be done . . . 18 . . . sins are taken care of for good, . . . (The Message)

2 Corinthians 5:21 – For God made Christ, who never sinned, to be the offering for our sin, so that we could be made right with God through Christ. (New Living Translation)

▸ God’s salvation is through ______________ ________

Ephesians 2:8–9 – 8-9 For it is by God’s grace that you have been saved through faith. It is not the result of your own efforts, but God’s gift, so that no one can boast about it. (Good News Bible)