“For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God’s glorious standard. Yet God, in his grace, freely makes us right in his sight. He did this through Christ Jesus when he freed us from the penalty for our sins.”
Romans 3:23-24 NLT
“Can we boast, then, that we have done anything to be accepted by God? No, because our acquittal is not based on obeying the law. It is based on faith. So we are made right with God through faith and not by obeying the law.”Romans 3:27-28 NLT
I can say that obeying the law did not free me from the uncleaness I felt within; however, accepting Jesus as my saviour and way to freedom did. I could not earn my salvation, I still cannot, even though I constantly feel obligated to try. I keep falling back down from the wall of self-righteousness to repentance and belief that Jesus was and is enough.
Only Jesus is pure and undefiled. There is no pride in Him. He said, ‘learn from Me for I am meek and humble of heart’ (Matt 11:29). We who are prideful cannot understand this and may even scorn this. Jesus was without sin. He constantly humbled Himself. Read the gospels and see. Jesus was alien to us sinful humans. He stayed pure and undefiled. He was the the pure lamb of God sacrificed for us sinners so that we to, by faith, can be imputed with His righteousness.
Jesus Jesus Jesus
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