Although most people think they are good, I have never met a person that claimed perfection. The trouble is that we have to be perfect to be in the presence of God. Since the penalty of sin is spiritual death we are all destined for Hell unless an external force intercedes and elevates our state of imperfection to perfection. It has to be an external (perfect) source (God) to elevate us to perfection because it is obvious that an imperfect thing cannot change itself to a perfect thing. This is why salvation is called A "Gift from God"
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