False Righteousness

Rom 10:3  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.

God's righteousness.

Our own righteousness.

We CAN'T have our own righteousness and have God's righteousness, it's impossible.

Isa 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.

We need to submit to God. We need to surrender to God. We are so busy trying to manufacture our own righteousness we push God's righteousness away. We shove God's righteousness into a corner and busy ourselves with trying to earn points for being how we imagine God would have us be. We do some good deeds and believe they are enough, but NOTHING we do earns us a single bit of righteousness.  We have to cling to the righteousness of our Savior Jesus Christ.  We have to submit ourselves and that is the hardest thing we'll ever do, submit ourselves.  We adore ourselves and our own wills, our own false righteousness.  If we ever truly get to the point of submission we will realize that we are saved by Christ's righteousness alone.  Saved by Him, submitting to Him, to be used by Him for His will, we will believe this when all our senses scream at us that we are filthy wretches. We will believe by faith and faith alone. 

Eph 2:8  For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:

Eph 2:9  Not of works, lest any man should boast.

We must submit to God's righteousness, not try to establish our own.

Please, Father, may we please submit to YOUR righteousness by faith! Help us BELIEVE, we do believe.

All through Jesus Christ our Lord, our Savior and HIS love!