Way of the righteous
Are you righteous? What makes a person righteous? Man has always strived to be righteous. To attain this, we strive to be religious; strive to be good; strive to do right; etc. However, man is inherently evil from the womb. You do not need to teach a child to be selfish, to lie, or to do anything bad. You have to teach a child how to be good. (A rod and a reprimand impart wisdom, but a child left undisciplined disgraces its mother. - Proverbs 29:15 ) That is why the Lord Jesus said no one is good except God. So, are we doomed? In fact, we are. That is where love comes in. God's love for man is so totally awesome that He was compelled by love to redeem us from doom. However, sin cannot be cleansed by any other men's but by shedding of blood. And since only a righteous blood can redeem man from doom, blood of animals cannot as animals are lower than humans. God had to send His only son, Jesus, to die and shed his blood to pay for man's sin and redeem man. After