(Romans
3:10) As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:
(Isaiah
64:6) But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as
filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind,
have taken us away.
The Bible makes it clear that
righteousness is impossible to be
attained by man alone.
(Psalms
51:5) Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.
(Job
25:4) How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean that is
born of a woman?
Roman 5:12 By one man sin came into the world
and death through sin. In this way death came to all men for all have sinned.
Since we are unrighteous, we need
pardon from God.
(Isaiah
61:10) I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God;
for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with
the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself with ornaments, and as
a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
Applications
1. Whoever you are you have no
righteousness of your own. All our righteousness is as filthy rags in God’s
sight. Isaiah the Prophet of Israel saw the glory of God on His throne and
cried out , “Woe is me, for I am undone. I am a Man of unclean lips.”
2. None of your good actions and nice
character can make you righteous before God. It is not by keeping the ten
commandments as so many people say they do. Actually only Jesus was completely
Righteous as a man despite what others may say.
3. We need the pardon from God for all our
sin and undoneness. Cry out to God in your sinful state and He will pardon you.
As the old Hymn says, “ Who is a pardoning God like thee, O who has grace so
rich so free.”
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