Bible Discussion Thread

I keep hearing all of Christendom say, the cross, the cross, that is all we need. That isn't exactly correct. At the cross Christ sealed forever His entire sufferings of 33-1/2 years on this earth...from the cradle to the grave. The major ones, the wilderness, and in the Garden of Gethsemane. His early years protected to some degree by the Heavenly Angels, but when He laid down the carpentry tools for the last time, the gloves were off, satan had unfettered access to Him. By the time of the cross all decisions had been made. Just as we seal our eternal life or death, by our death, so Christ sealed forever His works in our behalf...that includes the Righteousness that God requires for each of us to enter the Kingdom of God, Heaven. So, God requires Perfect and Absolute Obedience, but man has this not to give, therefore, Christ lived a Perfect Life that He Imputes unto us, and His Father and ours declares us Righteous based upon the Perfect Life of Christ, a life that He lived in our place.