" If we begin with “God loves you and has a wonderful plan for your life,” what is the problem? From what does the unbeliever need to be saved? We have forgotten that people are condemned eternally, not primarily because they did not accept Christ, but because God did not—could not, if He remained just and holy—accept them. Unless we are clothed with Christ’s righteousness, God cannot enter into a relationship of covenant love and faithfulness with us. "

― Michael S. Horton , The Law of Perfect Freedom: Relating to God and Others through the Ten Commandments