“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).

“And hereby we do know that we know Him, if we keep His commandments" (I John 2:3).

“Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me" (John 15:4).

“And he said, The things which are impossible with men are possible with God" (Luke 18:27).

“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.