Therefore, my friends, I want you to know that through Jesus the forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you. Through him everyone who believes is set free from every sin, a justification you were not able to obtain under the law of Moses.

‭‭Acts‬ ‭13‬:‭38‬-‭39‬ ‭NIV‬‬

By keeping each of the hundreds of laws, the Jews hoped to attain godliness. 

It was an impossible task but it’s all they knew to do. 

Enter Jesus. 

The new promise acknowledged their inability to be without sin and the remedy of divine forgiveness.

God’s intervention must have been hard to swallow and even harder to believe.

But in doing so, both life and purpose changed. 

Justification that was unattainable while under the law of Moses was now attainable by the decision to believe and to follow Jesus, the foretold Messiah. 

Christianity is not just a new set of binding rules and laws to follow. 

It’s not about being perfect. 

It’s about being saved from the consequences of our imperfection.