Good Morning Friends,
“You come to the help of those who gladly do right,
who remember your ways. But when we continued to sin against them, you were
angry. How then can we be saved? All of us have become like one who is unclean,
and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all shrivel up like a leaf,
and like the wind our sins sweep us away.” (Isaiah 64:5-6)
What do we have to offer the Lord in the way
of righteousness? NOTHING! Even the most righteous men and women among us still
fall way short of God’s expectations, of His righteousness. It is a Paul says
to the Romans, “all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.” (Romans
3:23) “There is no one righteous, not even one.” (Romans 3:10)
Whatever righteousness we think we have to
offer to the Lord is like filthy rags, soiled beyond acceptance to Him. So,
what is our hope? Without righteousness there is no way we can have a relationship
with God or hope to be with Him in eternity. We have no righteousness by which
we can come to Him. We are in a desperate situation, all of us are. BUT!
“But now a righteousness from God, apart from
law, has been made known, to which the Law and the Prophets testify. This
righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe.”
(Romans 3:21-22)
Our own righteousness -- filthy rags -- no longer matters. The sins
that sweep us away have been dealt with. God has offered us His own
righteousness! It comes through trusting Jesus Christ and following Him.
Thank God that what we cannot do for
ourselves, He has done for us!
His, by Grace,
Steve
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