Matthew 6:33, “But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.” Romans 10:3-4, “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. For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.” Philippians 3:9, “And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:”
I cherish those text Bible passages. Dear friend, if you grasp this great Bible truth of God's righteousness, you'll see the Gospel very clearly. All of this theological garbage being taught in bad Bible colleges and churches today about turning away from sins to be saved, and the Devil's lie of Lordship Salvation, is rooted in human self-righteousness! The Word of God is very plain that to get to Heaven you need GOD'S RIGHTEOUSNESS, which is solely by faith in Jesus Christ.
It is a popular false teaching these days, that to be saved you must turn from your sin. This heresy opens up a Pandora's Box of problems. How much sin can a Christian commit and still be “safe” in their salvation? The Bible gives us the answer in Isaiah 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.” Dear reader, in order to enter into God's Kingdom you must be 100% absolutely perfect! You must be sinless. Even one sin is enough to send you to Hell forever. James 2:10, “For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.” That is frightening!
So then how can anyone go to Heaven? The answer is Jesus Christ! Dear friend, YOU NEED GOD'S RIGHTOEUSNESS, which is imputed (counted) to a sinner by faith. Philippians 3:9, “And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:” We are saved by HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS!!! Matthew 6:33, “But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.” Since you and I have no righteousness (no goodness) to offer God, we need HIS RIGHTOEUSNESS!
The following Bible passage indicts the Lordship Salvation crowd. Romans 10:3-4, “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. For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.” The heretical idea of turning away from sin to be saved is REFORMAITON, and not REPENTANCE. Let's define some theological terms shall we:
- REFORM = to turn away from sin
- PENITANCE = To be sorry for sin
- PENNANCE = To make a mend for sin
- REPENTENACE = a change of mind
None of those things are required to be saved, except to repent. A man simply needs to change his thinking so that he will acknowledge THE TRUTH that he is a guilty sinner (2nd Timothy 2:25; Romans 3:19-20), and BELIEVE the Gospel (1st Corinthians 15:1-4).
In the Holy Bible we see that the Apostle Judas was sorry that he betrayed Jesus. Judas even returned the 30 pieces of silver. Judas tried to mend the evil that he had done. But Judas went and hung himself and went to Hell. This religious man turned from his sin. Judas felt sorry and attempted to right his wrong, but that is not salvation. Judas failed to believe the Gospel, because he had no faith in Jesus. Judas was guilty of Lordship Salvation. Judas was a follower of Christ, having given his life to serve Jesus as one of His very apostles, but Judas never got born-again and went to Hell forever.
The message of this blog article is very clear dear friend—you simply need GOD'S RIGHTOEUSNESS!!! I got saved at age 13. I realized that I was a guilty sinner. I simply placed my trust in the blessed Savior, resting in His sacrifice on the cross as payment for my sins. I placed my trust in the miraculously risen Savior. Salvation is simply accepting what Christ has already done for you on the cross of Calvary. JESUS PAID IT ALL!!!
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