No-one is ever good enough, that is why God provided a saviour. Trust in and follow Jesus by asking him into your heart and life, then You will be transformed into a new creature -a child of God - and you will be safe in God's love for ever. try your best and tell God you are really sorry when you do something that is not good, or you fail to do something that you should have done.
Perfection is hard state to reach but we can live daily in a state of Grace.
What I say is clear Biblical teaching.
Yes but certainly not to your second part.
We mature spiritually, if we allow ourselves and so for that part, yes it is like climbing a spiritual ladder but since Jehovah knows we are imperfect and thus, cannot attain to perfect worship, He does not test us beyond what we can bear and so it is as far as we can, that we attain to that perfect worship.
Actually, just at our assembly, this was the subject: the time when we can worship Jehovah fully ie perfectly and oh my goodness, that will be a wonderful time.
Jehovah is not a cruel God and that is why it is easy to worship Him.
Paul said that he wishes to do the law of Jehovah, but has a war going on inside that makes him not give 100%. David loved Jehovah with all his heart, but still committed adultery and then murder and lied but still loved Jehovah and Jehovah showed that He forgave David.
Is your service for Jehovah like climbing a spiritual?
It is the sum total of our existence that we will be judged for.
Climb all the ladders you want, it doesn't matter.
What matters is what you do between your birth and your death.
No matter how much effort is put forth, there are no guarantees with this religion. They want your best, sincere effort.... anything less and you're given a big giant question mark... so you are always left wondering if you really are giving your best... this sense of fear keeps you captured in this religion... not a healthy way to live IMHO...
No, because we can't perform services for something that doesn't exist. It is like putting out hay for the invisible pink unicorn, it is a pointless endeavour, which results in you wasting your time.
We are saved by God's grace and you have to baptized in water and reborn again.
ladder but never reaching the top rung that allows you into Paradise because we our service is never good enough to enter Paradise?
