"Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever" (I Peter 1:23).

"For of Him, and through Him, and to Him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen" (Romans 11:36).

"Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin" (Romans 4:8).

"But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost, Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life" (Jude 20-21).

"The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world" (John 1:29).

Since the first entrance of sin into the world, the shedding of the blood of a spotless lamb has been required by God as a substitute for the life of guilty but repentant sinners.