Leviticus 22:21 And when anyone offers a sacrifice of peace offerings to the Lord to fulfill a vow or as a freewill offering from the herd or from the flock, to be accepted it must be perfect; there shall be no blemish in it.

We have been explaining the process that leads to eternal life and this is yet another requirement. Perfect peace cannot be attained without a perfect sacrifice.

2 Corinthians 5:21 For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

With every turn it seems we need to explain yet one more thing. Without going into greater detail here please read righteousness as a right standing before God. This is required in order to have a personal relationship with God the Father, to be able to stand in His presence.

Deuteronomy 21:8 Accept atonement, O Lord, for your people Israel, whom you have redeemed, and do not set the guilt of innocent blood in the midst of your people Israel, so that their blood guilt be atoned for.

What if we refuse to accept blood guilt? Unless we repent of the life we have lived, we cannot accept His atoning work.

Romans 3:10 as it is written: “None is righteous, no, not one;”

Are we born again if we understand all that is required of us? Sorry, not yet.

John 14:26 But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.

John 15:26 But when the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will bear witness about me.

When will we know that He has sent the Holy Spirit?

Romans 3:25 whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God’s righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins.

Here we go again, to be received by faith.

Galatians 3:2 Let me ask you only this: Did you receive the Spirit by works of the law or by hearing with faith?

How does hearing by faith work?