Are you troubled with guilt? Can doing good things cleanse our hearts and give us the freedom we are searching for?
No, the only way we can be forgiven is through the shed blood of Jesus for our sins.
Some people hate the idea of the necessity to shed Christ's blood. But if you take out the theology of the cross, then Good Friday and the Easter message is meaningless.
Looking in the book of Genesis and moving through the Old and New Testaments, God seems to make it quite clear. The heart of our faith is being forgiven of our sins. That's what gets us into heaven. But the forgiveness of our sins is only possible through the shed blood of Christ.
Hebrews 9:14 assures us with this promise,
“How much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without blemish to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?” >>Watch on YouTube