What’s Your Righteousness Level?

[Lamb]

Trinity Sermon

You can listen to the sermon or read it at the link above.

Some quotes:

“What’s your righteousness level?” Not 99.9%; not 75%; not 50%; not even 1%. Your righteousness level, and mine, is ZERO. Scripture says simply, “There is no one who is righteous, no not even one.” God knows our hearts. He knows our sins and evil and wickedness. He sees through the thin veneer of propriety we paper over our sinful thoughts, words and deeds. God knows we are not good enough for his kingdom.

“What’s your righteousness level?” Perfect, in Christ Jesus. Trust in him; he is your salvation; he bestows on you a righteousness which does indeed far surpass that of the Pharisees or scribes or any human: his own perfect righteousness. As St. Paul says in Romans, “This righteousness from God come through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe.”

 

[ImaginaryDay2]

Righteousness isn't a "level" such that we can keep it on our own. As we have the righteousness of God through faith in Christ (c.f. Phillipians 3:8-10), we have a righteousness that is immeasurable. I think all we can do with our finite and feeble minds is to only meditate on the sheer magnitude of the gift.

 

[Lamb]

Righteousness isn't a "level" such that we can keep it on our own. As we have the righteousness of God through faith in Christ (c.f. Phillipians 3:8-10), we have a righteousness that is immeasurable. I think all we can do with our finite and feeble minds is to only meditate on the sheer magnitude of the gift.

Yep, that's the gist of the sermon! I saw it yesterday posted on another forum and felt I needed to have it here.