We are all sinners, but you left out the important parts, HighlyOpinionated:
Luke 13:3b (NIV) “But unless you repent, you too will all perish.”
Ps 119:104-105 (NIV) I gain understanding from your precepts; therefore, I hate every wrong path. Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path.
2 Tim 2:19 (NIV) “The Lord knows those who are his,” and “everyone who confesses the name of the Lord must turn away from wickedness.”
And the BEST parts of all:
1 John 2:1 (NIV) “My dear children, I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have one who speaks to the Father in our defense—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One.”
1 John 1:9 (NIV) “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.”
Acts 3:19 (NIV) “Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord,”
Daniel 9:9 (NIV) “The Lord our God is merciful and forgiving, even though we have rebelled against him;”
Psalms 103:12 (NIV) “As far as the east is from the west,
so far has he removed our transgressions from us.”
Christianity in a nutshell:
- Everyone is tempted to do wrong.
- One wrong isn’t better than another.
- Even one failure is enough to bring condemnation.
- Temptation isn’t bad. Acting on it is.
- Every human falls short of what God intends.
- Those who don’t repent are condemned by their own acts.
- Christ died to take our sins on His head.
- Those who repent and turn from evil are forgiven.
- Christ will testify on their behalf before the Father.
- The sin, the evil they did, will be wiped clean.
28. Then they asked him, "What must we do to do the works God requires?"
29. Jesus answered, "The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent."