Surface changes vs transformation of your heart.
It's possible to rely on our good deeds to prove that we're a good person. We follow the right people on social media, proclaim the acceptable ideologies of our secular culture, and do our bit of good in our community.
But if our heart isn't transformed by Jesus' atonement for our sins, we will rely our our actions to stand before God instead of relying on the death of Jesus for us in order to be acceptable to God.
It's not Jesus plus my good deeds, it's not Jesus plus my resume. It's all about only Jesus - full stop.
