 The reason that most people think they don't need Jesus. I'm a good person. They think they're good without God, but here's the problem. We often compare ourselves to the guy next to us, our neighbor. Oh, I'm better than him. But when we compare ourselves to God, we fall infinitely short. Okay, okay, I'm not a perfect person, but my good outweighs my bad. The Bible talks about God being a judge. Think about it. Would a good judge let a criminal go just because he walked a whole bunch of old ladies across the street? If he did, that judge wouldn't be good. We all need Jesus because on our own, we're guilty before God with no escape. Jesus took the penalty that we deserve for our sins against God, that if we put our faith in him, we will be declared innocent. We owed a debt we could not pay, and Jesus paid a debt he did not owe.