“Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. 18For truly I tell you, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished. 19Therefore anyone who sets aside one of the least of these commands and teaches others accordingly will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever practices and teaches these commands will be called great in the kingdom of heaven. 20For I tell you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the Pharisees and the teachers of the law, you will certainly not enter the kingdom of heaven.
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We are not to be self-righteous, this is true, but this Scripture tells us, too, that we, indeed, have our own righteousness, and, with that righteousness, we are to understand the truth of the Pharasees' understanding and the teachers of the laws' understanding. We cannot self-law ourselves and be good enough to enter the kingdom of heaven, the Pharasees said all these great things of their thinking they were in right standing with going to heaven (righteous) and God told them the cold, hard Truth.......
"Not every one that said to me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that does the will of my Father which is in heaven. 22Many will say to me in that day (Judgment Day), Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in your name? and in your name have cast out devils? and in your name done many wonderful works?23And then will I profess to them, I never knew you: depart from me, you that work iniquity."
We MUST repent, we MUST believe in Him, we MUST be "born again," taking on His righteousness imputed us, for this doing is by His doing in us, by our willingness of belief in His Truth, in our heart. We MUST believe in our heart that Jesus is Lord and that He will forevermore be lord of our life
To the one seeking to find something to CHANGE their life, to get them OUT of the 'mess' they are NOW in in life, this next part is for you, a little off thread topic, but, the Lord leads, I feel it needs said, the Lord IS the law of my life, my spirit will follow HIm
Unbeliever, I love you and so does God
God bless you, I pray you find Him good, His laws good, His ways good, He is Lord, over all, His way shall one day be seen by all, I pray you choose Him before He sees you 'that day' and it's too late
God is sooooo good
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