How many verses in Scripture say that there's no freaking way you'll ever earn your way into heaven?
Your righteous deeds are just filthy rags (more accurately, menstrual rags) to God.
Are there righteous people on Earth? Well, are there sinners on earth? There are. Who is not a sinner? Well, there is none that loves God, not one. So we are all sinners. If that's the case, who are the righteous men? Those who spend their energy purifying the sins they have committed through sacrifice in the temple. So you trot off to the temple and sacrifice a hog. Then on the way home with the hog's carcass, you have a gloating thought about how yummy this hog will taste on the dinner table, and another gloat about how good you are, thanks to your offering up this sacrifice. You just committed "pride", which may not be one of the Jewish seven deadly sins, but you have to admit the LORD doesn't think too highly of pride.
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