For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith— and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast. -Ephesians 2:8-9
Christianity hinges on the concept of grace, unmerited favor, because whenever we try to do good and be as we aught, we mess up, royally I might add. Now God is perfect, as in no flaws, holy, and other such descriptions, and he desires those with him to be the same. This raises the question of how we can enter into his presence as we are not by any means able to meet his standard?
Not a single human being save one was ever able to avoid these shortcomings, and he wa