God has communicated clearly what He wants from us. He is not impressed by our lineage, accomplishments, or status as moral people, because they cause us to shift all our confidence and hope onto our own abilities and skills. The only way to be “good” with God is to put all of our confidence in Jesus. In order to pull this off, we have to reject the substitutes, receive our relationship with God as a gift, and then spend the rest of our lives pursuing a deep relationship with Jesus.
