For they being ignorant of God's Righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the Righteousness of God. For Christ is the end of the Law for RIGHTEOUSNESS to every one that believeth. (Romans 10:3-4) Human nature has invented all kinds of ways to damn itself. If you attempt in any way to be your own savior, you will surely lose your Soul. Be wise now: Stop attempting to save yourself, and fall into the arms of the merciful Savior, Christ Jesus. Nothing else will save your Soul but God's infinity Charity found in Christ Jesus.
Like the hamster on his wheel, the self-righteous sinner is laboring to saving himself, seeking to get somewhere by his own merit, but he toils in vain without any true result. Religious efforts are useless drudgery leading only to despair and despondency. Men try to make themselves feel better by their own works, and then by GRACE their dead conscience is awakened by the divine Law, and they become truly conscious of their sinfulness, more than ever before, and sink in sinful misery and despair. For you are alive without the Law, but when the Commandment comes, your Sin will revive, and you will surely die from trying to save yourself.
When a man strives to save himself from his sins by his own righteousness, the Holy Spirit gives the man a glimpse of his own heart, and then he ceases from self-glory. Only by Christ's righteous life and substitutionary bloody death can Justification come upon your guilty unworthy Soul. Trust in Christ's Righteousness, and never yours. The surest way to damn yourself to Hell is to trust in any of your righteousness. The only way of Salvation from the wrath of God and the terrible Judgment of Divine Justice due to your deadly sins is the Righteousness of God, the Holy One of God, The Lord Jesus Christ. The person you trust your Soul with really matters. Your guilty Soul must be Pardoned and Perfected by Another, and not yourself.
Come personally to the personal Savior in your own heart by putting your trust in His Person, His Precious Blood, and His Perfect Righteousness. Trust in JESUS Himself, and you are saved on the spot, trust to His five bleeding wounds, His bloody sweat, His crown of thorns, and His deadly Cross. Trust only JESUS at once. Your sins must be lifted from your guilty Soul, and then laid upon the Innocent Lamb of God. The FATHER hath laid on JESUS the iniquity of us all. The FATHER made JESUS to be sin for us, Who knew no sin. The Father laid upon JESUS all the weight of human sin. Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, cast away your righteousness, and take His Righteousness to be your righteousness. Receive the LORD JESUS CHRIST as your Substitute, Sin Bearer, Full Atonement; for He bore your sins in His own body on the tree, and died to pay your sin debt. Never cavil with Christ, Submit to His Righteousness ASAP.
Human nature spurns the Righteousness of God, because it prefers human righteousness. Human nature is full of self-conceit, enmity against God, and knowingly refuses to submit to Christ Himself, and willingly prefers self-righteousness to Christ's Righteousness. The natural man willfully despises the Righteousness of God. The carnal mind obstinately refuses to turn, bend, submit or bow to JESUS CHRIST. The natural man is a slighter of JESUS and His gospel. Slighting God and making light of His SON, Who is the Righteousness of God, is the way to perdition and hell. Men make light of Christ due to their ignorance, pride, blindness, wordliness, and thoughtlessness. All your boasting must be excluded, and your righteousness must be forsaken, renounced, abhorred as a deadly thing.
The carnal mind esteems human righteousness highly, and clings to it for dear life. The insolence and pride of self-righteousness is the very worst of sins, because human nature slights the Righteousness of God. The natural man neglects the simple act of putting off his filthy rags, and putting on the Best Robe, Christ's Righteousness. It is grievous and irksome to the natural man for him to give up his own righteousness. Human nature willfully refuses to receive the free wedding garment. The natural man foolishly rebels against the authority and Righteousness of God.
Human nature kicks against the Righteousness of the sinless Savior, and goes about to establish its own righteousness in opposition to Christ. The carnal mind is enmity against God, and defies and goes against Christ's perfect Righteousness. Be wise: Seek to be found in Christ, not having your own righteousness, but Christ's Righteousness which is of God by Faith in His BLOOD.
The Holy Spirit graciously imputes and freely imparts Righteousness to the guilty Soul who believes in JESUS. Righteousness must be wrought and imputed in the Soul by the Holy Spirit Himself. Every man and woman is a defiant rebel to God; they are insolent toward God, rude and arrogant, and have a lack of respect toward the Savior.
Human nature is obstinately uncooperative toward the authority and rule of God the Father. The Righteousness of God irritates the self-righteous man. But remember this: You must go one day where heart is. Human selfishness clings to its own righteousness and rebels against the Righteousness of God. Human nature says NO to submitting to God's dear Son, and refuses to submit to the rules and terms of God's free Grace. May the Holy Spirit help you to become submissive to God in heart and desire to receive and honor Christ.
LORD JESUS, My King, please make me sincere, I come to You for Your Righteousness and Rest, Pardon and Perfection, I submit myself to your Righteousness. Please make me Righteous by your Grace, please accept me through your Precious Blood . I yield to Your divine Will and ask for Your Free wedding garment of spotless Righteousness. I choose to receive you; I object not to Your Way, please let me wear Your Righteousness, and make You known to men, for only You are the worthy great King. King of my life I crown You now and Submit to Your Righteousness and Way.
