For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing. You must have no confidence in the flesh, that is, human goodness. Jesus said, I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. There is none righteous, no, not one. Every sinner on Earth needs Righteousness, and there is only Person in the universe that can give you RIGHTEOUSNESS, and make you RIGHTEOUS.
Human nature is grossly ignorant of what God's RIGHTEOUSNESS, HOLINESS, and GLORY actually is, which is the Person of JESUS CHRIST. Human nature blindly and stubbornly goes about to establish its own righteousness, trying to amends its ways, by religion, repentance, or reformation of its doings. Your so-called good deeds will never make you acceptable and justified with God. Jesus Christ is the Personification of RIGHTEOUSNESS; He must make you Righteous in the sight of God. Never rest upon or trust in your deadly doings, or trust to your feelings for Salvation or Justification. For if you do so, you will certainly die in your sins and perish forever. To think you can help save yourself in any way is a damnable notion and error. The Sun of RIGHTEOUSNESS hung on the Cross in gross darkness, so your heart could be made Righteous and be filled with the Glorious Light of His Gospel.
Never endeavor to reform your life, or amend your life, by your own merits. The perfect Righteousness of Jesus Christ must be imputed (transferred) to your guilty soul by a divine miracle and work of the Holy Spirit called Justification. You must trust in the finished Righteousness of Jesus Christ, and rely upon the work of the Holy Spirit to make you Righteous and bring your Soul into a saved and safe state. Safety is of the LORD JESUS CHRIST. Never try to blend or weave your own filthy rags of self-righteousness into Christ's glorious robe of Righteousness. Never try to affix the Precious Jewel of Christ's Righteousness to your swine snout.
Cast off and throw away all of your own righteousnesses (they are covered in your filth), Submit to Christ, and be Freely clothed with the Best Robe, the perfect and complete garment of Christ's RIGHTEOUSNESS. This is the Priceless Wedding Garment that must cover your Soul out in Eternity at the coming Judgment. By your own merits and performances, your Soul can never earn or deserve God's Mercy, Grace, and Salvation. You must be Regenerated within, that is, Born Again by the Spirit of God. Salvation must be wrought in your Soul by the power of the Holy Ghost, and you must be made a new creature, and freely given a new heart, life, desires, appetites, thoughts, and brand new clothing, that is, a new robe of RIGHTEOUSNESS. The Savior takes off our grave clothes and then covers us with His Grace Clothes. The most wonderful change imaginable you will ever experience within your heart is the New Birth from the Spirit of God.
Create in me a Clean heart, O God, and renew a Right spirit within me. Your old heart is a leaky and defiled receptacle, therefore you must be given a new heart before JESUS will pour His free Salvation into You. The natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God; for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
Come to your senses now: By nature, you are in your sins and condemned already, and only the Grace of God can truly awaken you to your ruined state, and persuade you to Flee to Christ for Safety. All the Salvation of a sinner is dependent solely upon the Lamb of God. In a nutshell, Simply be Nothing, and let JESUS be your All in All. Just as you Commit your case to the LAWYER, and Commit your Money and Valuables to the BANKER, and Entrust your Safety to the PILOT, and Hand over your body to the SURGEON; likewise; SUBMIT AND COMMIT your helpless Soul entirely to the SAVIOR. Your naked Soul must be completely covered and wrapped in the fire-proof RIGHTEOUSNESS OF CHRIST JESUS, for HE is GOD MANIFEST IN THE FLESH.
Please come now absolutely naked to JESUS CHRIST. Have zero pride in your own filthy rags, for they are defective and damning. In your very best state, you are altogether guilty and exceeding sinful. Ask God to give you ears to hear, eyes to see, and the hearing of Faith. Look solely to CHRIST JESUS, never look to yourself or religionists. Count all your self-righteousness but dung, and Flee now to Christ for His RIGHTEOUSNESS, simply trusting only in HIS PRECIOUS BLOOD from His own heart, or you will surely perish.
Be wise now, consider God's Infinite Holiness and Divine Justice. Be mindful of the Purity and Demands of God's Law, for it condemns the guilty sinner to eternal Vengeance. Be aware and conscious of Christ Jesus who came into the world in the form of a man, being made of a virgin peasant Jew named Mary, made under the law, and was perfectly obedient to the divine Law, and offered up HIMSELF without ever committing any sin before God. But Christ Jesus became Sin for us, the Father laid on Him your iniquities, He drank the cup of damnation for you, and JESUS bore full penalty and punishment due to you for breaking all of God's Laws, He suffered, bled and died as your Substitute and Redeemer. Remember now, You can only accepted, pardoned, and perfected by God through Christ's RIGHTEOUSNESS. Only Christ's RIGHTEOUSNESS can place your Soul in an eternal safe state both now and out in Eternity.
