Salvation Assured RIGHTEOUSNESS FOR TODAY
O Lord, righteousness belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion of faces, as at this day. Dan. 9:7.
C. T. Everson used to say that if we could take a giant scale, and put the world, weighing 6 sextillion tons on one side, and put one human being, even a baby, on the other side, the human would tip the scales. That's a good picture of how Heaven looks at one individual. We are worth everything, and the cross proves it. But we are still helpless to produce righteousness. The Bible premise is that when it comes to righteousness, we are totally bankrupt. We have none. Romans 3:10: "there is none righteous, no, not one." Isaiah 64:6: "All our righteousness are as filthy rags."
And yet we are invited to come to Jesus and trade our filthy rags for eternal life. There's nothing we can do to recommend ourselves in the eyes of heaven. That's why we need to consider seriously this greatest trade ever that Jesus comes and offers to us today. Righteousness is found only in Jesus; as Daniel said, "O Lord, righteousness belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion of faces, as at this day." "Sinful man can find hope and righteousness only in God; and no human being is righteous any longer than he has faith in God and maintains a vital connection with Him."--Testimonies to Ministers, p. 367.
In recent years there are some who have gotten the idea that all you have to do to have righteousness is to look up to heaven someday and say, "All right I accept the fact that everything's taken care of." They believe that from that moment on, they are declared righteous and have nothing to worry about, and "everything's all right in my Father's house."
But please don't miss the fact that no human being will be righteous any longer than he has faith in God and maintains a vital connection with Him. That's why the Jesus movement of a few years ago faded away. There were so many who marched down the beach with their Bibles waving in the air like banners and the name of Jesus on their lips like a slogan, who stopped right there and never came into any closer fellowship with Jesus. The trade that Jesus offers, in exchanging His righteousness for our sins, is beautiful. But it's no good for tomorrow unless I accept it again tomorrow. It is only good for each day.
O Lord, righteousness belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion of faces, as at this day. Dan. 9:7.
C. T. Everson used to say that if we could take a giant scale, and put the world, weighing 6 sextillion tons on one side, and put one human being, even a baby, on the other side, the human would tip the scales. That's a good picture of how Heaven looks at one individual. We are worth everything, and the cross proves it. But we are still helpless to produce righteousness. The Bible premise is that when it comes to righteousness, we are totally bankrupt. We have none. Romans 3:10: "there is none righteous, no, not one." Isaiah 64:6: "All our righteousness are as filthy rags."
And yet we are invited to come to Jesus and trade our filthy rags for eternal life. There's nothing we can do to recommend ourselves in the eyes of heaven. That's why we need to consider seriously this greatest trade ever that Jesus comes and offers to us today. Righteousness is found only in Jesus; as Daniel said, "O Lord, righteousness belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion of faces, as at this day." "Sinful man can find hope and righteousness only in God; and no human being is righteous any longer than he has faith in God and maintains a vital connection with Him."--Testimonies to Ministers, p. 367.
In recent years there are some who have gotten the idea that all you have to do to have righteousness is to look up to heaven someday and say, "All right I accept the fact that everything's taken care of." They believe that from that moment on, they are declared righteous and have nothing to worry about, and "everything's all right in my Father's house."
But please don't miss the fact that no human being will be righteous any longer than he has faith in God and maintains a vital connection with Him. That's why the Jesus movement of a few years ago faded away. There were so many who marched down the beach with their Bibles waving in the air like banners and the name of Jesus on their lips like a slogan, who stopped right there and never came into any closer fellowship with Jesus. The trade that Jesus offers, in exchanging His righteousness for our sins, is beautiful. But it's no good for tomorrow unless I accept it again tomorrow. It is only good for each day.
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