Scriptures plainly teach that those who DO righteousness are Righteous.
You are advocating nothing more than self righteousness and as the pharisees did, you will never be good enough, righteous enough, or come close to the glory of God.
If I may speak? So I think there is a proper truth between both views;
Certainly none can enter in on their own merits that is what it is written:
John (Yahchanan) 14:6, "Yahshua proclaimed to him: I am the way, the truth, and the life;
no man comes to the Father, except through Me."
Romans 3:25
"Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation
through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness
for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;"
However that is not to say we are not responsive for our actions: (I think these Scripture tell it PERFECTLY, better than I could ever dream to)
1 Yahchanan 3:7, "Little children,
let no man deceive you; he who
practices righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous."
Yahchanan (John) 5:28-30, “Do not be astonished at this-for the hour is coming in which all who are in the graves will hear His voice, and will come forth.
Those who have practiced righteousness will be resurrected in order to live; and
those who have practiced wickedness will be resurrected in order to be damned."
Acts 17:30-31, “In the past Yahweh winked at such ignorance, but
now He commands all men everywhere to repent! For He has appointed a day in which He will judge the world in righteousness, by a Man whom He has ordained; and He has g
iven evidence to everyone by raising Him from the dead.”
Romans 2:4-12, “Or do you despise the riches of His kindness, forbearance, and longsuffering;
not realizing that Yahweh’s kindness is meant to lead you to repentance? But according to your stubborn and impenitent mind you are storing up wrath for yourself for the day of Yahweh’s wrath, when the righteous judgment of Yahweh will be revealed; when He will reward each one according to his works: to the ones on the one hand, who, by patient persistence in doing righteousness, seek for glory, honor and immortality, He will give eternal life. But to the ones on the other hand, who are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, He will give indignation and wrath.” Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man who does evil: to the Yahdai(Jew) first, and also to the Greek (Gentile) But glory, honor, and peace to every man who works righteousness: to the Yahdai first, and also to the Greek. For there is no respect of persons with Yahweh.For all who have sinned without the law will also perish without the law, and all who have sinned under the law will be judged by the law.”
James (Yaaqob) 2:12, "
So speak and so act as those who are to be judged by the law of liberty."
