“. . . when you understand God to be a righteous God and you understand yourself to be a sinner it puts you in a very difficult position. How can a sinful man be right with God? This is man’s age old, longing, how can I know God? How can I be forgiven by God? How can I be right with God? It is that very question that has spawned religion. Religion is in every sense and attempt to answer that question. To solve the cry of the heart of man to appease whatever deity he may believe in. Under whose authority he feels himself and under whose judgment he is afraid. How can I be right with God? Is God a righteous, holy, just God and if indeed he is, then how can I appease him? How can I satisfy his requirement for holiness, perfection, justice, and righteousness and be right with him?” Let’s look at God’s perspective. ..
