All religion fall into ONLY two categories, one where God in Christ accomplishes salvation of whom he wills apart from any effort by man OR one where man by some effort or achievement of his own gains salvation.
DIVINE ACCOMPLISHMENT = The Christian Doctrine
HUMAN ACHIEVEMENT = Every other religion
Everyone's conscience confirms that we are not righteous in and of ourselves. We know this innately and always seek to justify ourselves by comparison. "At least I'm not like that person." So when someone becomes convinced of their condition they resort to religious systems that encourage positive attitudes, right thinking, good living, moral behavior and good works (helping others). The problem with this kind of thinking is that it supposes that by doing these things we can somehow please God and convince Him of our worth. According to Heb 11:6 It is impossible to please God without faith. You say "Ok fine, but faith in what?" Well faith that God exists and that Jesus Christ is his son and that he lived a completely righteous life and died on a cross as a sacrifice for our sins and was raised again in a bodily resurrection. So that God imparted our sinfulness to him and imparted his righteousness to us. Finally God declares us righteous in his sight by the blood of Christ. See no human achievement involved in this plan at all.
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