Absolutely Nothing You Can Do

Leviticus 23:26 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 27 “Now on the tenth day of this seventh month is the Day of Atonement. It shall be for you a time of holy convocation, and you shall afflict yourselves and present a food offering to the Lord. 28 And you shall not do any work on that very day, for it is a Day of Atonement, to make atonement for you before the Lord your God. 29 For whoever is not afflicted on that very day shall be cut off from his people. 30 And whoever does any work on that very day, that person I will destroy from among his people.

This chapter describes all the prescribed feasts of the year for God's people, Israel.  Each one has its reason and each one points to Christ.  What is overly emphasized here is that there was absolutely no work to be done. That coincides with the fact that there is absolutely nothing we can do to bring about our salvation and forgiveness. Jesus paid it all. It is His righteousness alone.