Self-righteousness and the gospel
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· 5 viewsSelf-righteousness is an obstacle to the gospel, which insists that true righteousness can only be found in Jesus Christ.
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The real issue of righteousness
The real issue of righteousness
“Truly I know that it is so:
But how can a man be in the right before God?
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True righteousness is not the result of human effort
True righteousness is not the result of human effort
Even though God’s law tells people what God requires, human beings cannot keep it because of the weakness of their sinful human natures.
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Self-righteousness is a contradiction in terms
Self-righteousness is a contradiction in terms
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God calls people from their pretended self-righteousness
God calls people from their pretended self-righteousness
Stop regarding man
in whose nostrils is breath,
for of what account is he?
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True righteouness
True righteouness
It comes from God
It comes from God
For, being ignorant of the righteousness of God, and seeking to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness.
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It is grounded in Jesus Christ
It is grounded in Jesus Christ
and by him everyone who believes is freed from everything from which you could not be freed by the law of Moses.
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It comes about by faith
It comes about by faith
Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.
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It is received in humility
It is received in humility
But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner!’ I tell you, this man went down to his house justified, rather than the other. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”
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