Hebrews 7- Christ: Our Hope and Salvation

 ¹⁸ For, on the one hand, there is a setting aside of a former commandment because of its weakness and uselessness
 ¹⁹ (for the Law made nothing perfect), and on the other hand there is a bringing in of a better hope, through which we draw near to God.

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Jesus Christ had to come to this earth to save us from our sin because, as Scripture points out repeatedly, the Law made (or can make) NOTHING perfect.  God requires nothing less than perfection!  Being good by our own (or our parents) standard does not even get God's attention.  The only thing our own efforts can produce is sin.

Think about it...  If I work really hard to be good, who am I impressing?  Not God, likely myself, maybe some others... Okay, so what does that produce?  Pride, false confidence, false hope.  No matter what we do on our own, it is doomed to produce sin in our lives!

The only thing which we can confidently place our trust in is Jesus Christ.  That is the Hope being spoken of in vs. 19, through which we can draw near to GOD.  What an amazing concept!  Even though God demands perfection, He has created a path through the "red tape" and enabled us to be forgiven, IF WE DO NOTHING ON OUR OWN, BUT ALLOW CHRIST TO WORK IN US!

Has anything similar been done in all of history?  I doubt it...You deserve eternal death, but if you let Me do everything for you, I will reward you with eternal life in the presence of Christ & God.  ...wow...