So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth;
It shall not return to Me void,
But it shall accomplish what I please,
And it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it. Isaiah 55:11
The topic is beleaguered because some professing Christians believe that they are "good people" and were born that way. To be fair, this lie has been promoted by sociologists, anthropologist, and scientists for over a century and worldly minded people readily accept what the world has taught them.
Doesn't the notion that you've been chosen by God for being a good boy have a real appeal to vanity?
Jesus said "Why do you call Me good? No one is good but One, that is, God." Mark 10:18
How awesome to be the exception to Jesus' teaching.
Isaiah said "All we like sheep have gone astray;
We have turned, every one, to his own way;
And the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all. Isaiah 53:6
How wonderful to prove God wrong. Sorry, I forgot, Isaiah was Jewish.
King David wrote: The Lord looks down from heaven upon the children of men, To see if there are any who understand, who seek God.3 They have all turned aside,
They have together become corrupt; There is none who does good, No, not one. Psalm 14:2-3
He obviously couldn't have meant himself as well ,
as he was a very godly adulterer and murderer.
Sorry about the sarcasm, but trying to illuminate scripture to some individuals here is very much like preaching to white washed tombs.