By nature, people cling to their morality and religiousness for acceptance with God. Multitudes are sailing in the Good Ship of Self-righteousness, and they are expecting that they shall get to Heaven in her. But this ship never did carry a soul safely into the Fair Haven yet and she never will.
Self-righteousness is as surely a road to Hell, as scandalous sin itself.
We may as certainly destroy ourselves by opposing the righteousness of Christ as by transgressing the law of God. Self-righteousness is as much an insult to God, as blasphemy. God will never accept it, neither shall any soul enter Heaven by it.
There are many of these self-righteous Pharisees, who delight in themselves in thinking that they are good people,
that they are not great sinners,
that they are fine religious people,
that they partake of the sacraments,
that they say their prayers,
and that they read their Bibles.
Poor deluded souls!
It is your badness, not your goodness that draws Christ to you as a Savior. You are good, religious, self-righteous ones your righteousness will be your eternal ruin!
But if the gospel comes to you in power, then you will realize that you are spiritually wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked and that all of your righteous acts are nothing but filthy menstruous rags before the thrice holy God! Your first genuine prayer will be, "God, have mercy on me, a sinner!"
[Author Unknown]
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1 Timothy 1:15 ... This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.
Luke 5:31-32 ... And Jesus answering said unto them, They that are whole need not a physician; but they that are sick. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
Romans 5:8 ... But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. ❤
