Nevertheless, we are totally dependent on Jesus Christ in our worship of Jehovah, as well as for any hope that we have of everlasting life. How could this be so?

It is because, originally, the human race alienated itself from God. In fact, the father of the race, Adam, sold his posterity into sin. (Rom. 7:14)

So humans from Adam’s time till now have been in a bad state, the sin inherited from this original father permeating them and increasing in the earth. (Rom. 5:12, 16) Their desperate situation was well expressed by the psalmist: “Not one of them can by any means redeem even a brother, nor give to God a ransom for him.” No, the price was too “precious,” too high, as the psalmist stated.​—Ps. 49:6-9.