Holy and righteous is His name

Try as we may, we can never become holy or righteous enough to please the God of this universe on our own. The first step is to receive Christ in spirit and in truth and then “put on” Christ as we believe and trust in his power. Therein lies our righteousness! No more no less.

No matter how holy we may appear on the outside, our own righteousness will never be enough as the word says in the O.T. that all of our righteousness is akin to filthy rags. Sadly, our goodness will never suffice in pleasing Him or pave a path for us into heaven because it’s not really about us or our works.

So many feel that they must earn their way into heaven or do some kind of work or penance to appease our holy God. Really? Is that what God’s word is saying?

According to Hebrews 11:6, it is impossible to please God without a genuine conviction that he exists. And as far as getting into heaven…Ephesians 2 tells us that it is “by his grace that we have been saved through faith…” and by which we trust Him for our salvation.

God is too great to impress with our own self-righteousness. The only way to please God is to humble ourselves by having faith in his Son, the Lord Jesus, who graciously gave up his life in order we may live.  No one can save themselves, which is good to know because Jesus did it all through his free gift of salvation by His grace alone.