Worldly Foolish, Salvation Wise

Mat 5:6 Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.


Psa 23:3 He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.


Gen 15:6 And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.


Job 36:3 I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.


Psa 17:15 As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.


Psa 24:5 He shall receive the blessing from the LORD, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.


Psa 31:1 ...In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness.


Psa 71:2 Deliver me in thy righteousness, and cause me to escape: incline thine ear unto me, and save me.


Rom 4:3 For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness.


2Pe 3:13 Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.


Rev 3:18 I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.


Rev 19:8 And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.


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Gen 15:6 And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.
Rom 4:3 For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness.


When so much unrighteousness surrounds us, when Satan would have us buried deep in the thick mire of our own vileness we have to remember that God alone is righteous above all and we have to believe in God and His Righteousness. We aren't to believe in ourselves. We can't SAVE ourselves by believing in own ability, our own righteousness. The only way we can save ourselves is to believe in the Lord and Salvation in our Savior, God's Son.


Act 2:38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
Act 2:39 For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.
Act 2:40 And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation.


We save ourselves when we REPENT and are baptized in the name of our Savior for the forgiveness of our sins.



Satan's assaults grow more and more intense all around us. The closer we move towards our God the closer Satan moves towards us to take us away from Him.


Praise God we are saved by grace, that the righteousness we possess is our belief in God's righteousness, in His plan of salvation.


We have to CLING to this belief and NEVER give it up. Satan wants us to turn our minds inwards to ourselves and not outward to God. The cares of this world do truly threaten to overwhelm. We must remember that this world is already counted as lost, but the world to come is our Savior's and it's that world we need to look to when this world would tear us apart, when Satan would tear us spiritually limb from spiritual limb. When we are so caught up in the cares of this world that it seems as if Satan is dangling us above a bottomless pit, our legs kicking, our hands scrambling to cling to anything that would keep us from failing, we have to remember Christ is our Savior and we have to let go of Satan's pinching fingers trusting that we will be caught up unto our Lord.


Satan will tell us that we HAVE to worry over this life, to just NOT worry isn't how it's done. He wants us worrying and worrying and worrying as long as he can keep us worrying we keep ourselves from trusting, from believing. Satan wants us to believe it's stupid to even think of NOT worrying when there is SOOOOO much to worry about. We don't want to be stupid, we don't want to be considered clueless and foolish, stupid, dumb, blind to the REAL world, going about with our heads in the clouds, crazily happy in the knowledge of Salvation… we should want to be worldly stupid, worldly clueless, worldly foolish, worldly stupid, dumb and blind as long as we are CRAZY happy in the knowledge of our Salvation!!!


May God bless us and keep us, guide our paths, protect us from the wiles of the Devil so that we may serve Him and only Him, by His righteousness, in HIS everlasting LOVE, through the grace of our Savior!


Amen.