Is humanity unredeemable?

One of the best songs within the film’s score is Unredeemable, sung by Will Ferrell.

It manages to unpack the age-old question of mankind’s question of being able to be forgiven for their past wrongs. While the film does its best to answer this query with the humanistic approach of changing our hearts through hard work and determination, these things are admirable, but they fall short of complete redemption.

Thankfully, the human heart is redeemable, but not by our strength, and sheer willpower.

For those searching for the solution, it can be found in the work of Jesus. Hard work is involved in keeping from the things (such as sin) that cause us to be less than worthy, but it does not provide the resolution we all desire.

Ultimately, the work was done by Jesus Christ on the cross for humanity. The primary step people need to make is turning to Him and receiving the gift of redemption through the grace of God.

Yet God, in his grace, freely makes us right in his sight. He did this through Christ Jesus when he freed us from the penalty for our sins. For God presented Jesus as the sacrifice for sin. People are made right with God when they believe that Jesus sacrificed his life, shedding his blood. This sacrifice shows that God was being fair when he held back and did not punish those who sinned in times past, for he was looking ahead and including them in what he would do in this present time. God did this to demonstrate his righteousness, for he himself is fair and just, and he makes sinners right in his sight when they believe in Jesus. - Romans 3:24-26 (NLT)

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