When opponents of Christianity are
hell-bent to devaluing Jesus’ deity, the cross, and His power to forgive all sins, by telling others that Jesus is not the Son of God, but just one of the prophets in the Bible—
the lie that their place in paradise is dependent on their good deeds and performing lifelong rituals on earth to an
impersonal God rather than through their faith in Jesus’ grace alone and establishing a personal relationship with Him.
It’s not surprising that many religious leaders, who are
not anti-God, but anti-Christ, wouldn’t want their followers to know that Jesus’ blood shed
on the cross (and not the blood of bulls and goats) is able to forgive all their sins and cleanse them from all unrighteousness, and that through His grace (unmerited favor) by faith (and not through works and
rites) that they have eternal life.
