We get it wrong on so many levels when we think that life (everlasting life) and liberty can be self-attained …
by what we say,
by what we do,
by what we pay,
by what we offer,
by what we confess,
by what we give,
by what we do right,
by how well we repent,
by what we align ourselves to or how good we do these prescripts of religion.
The Gospel is straightforward