Jesus was preaching to the Jews which were under the law, He was telling them of the change. to change their mind, about looking for the Messiah and believing that the Messiah was now with them. the Kingdom of God is at hand , The Messiah is here. when we call upon the name of the Lord, we then take on His righteousness, and this is the only way anyone will ever enter into the Kingdom , no man cometh to the Father but by me. But now here is where alot is deceived it says to call on the name of the Lord, not Saviour, if we confess him as Lord ( Romans 10 ) not confess our sins but confess Him, Lord with our Mouth and Believe with Our heart that God hath raised Him from the Dead. But if we confess Him as Lord Then we must make Him Lord. the 2 commandments that My Lord Gave Me and all others who make Him Lord Is to love God with all we got , above anything that is , we are to Love God, then we love another and all the law and the prophets hang on these two commandments. it has nothing to do with our righteousness, unless your rigteousness exceeds the righteousness of the scribes, a scribe was the most righteous person in those times how would one exceed the righteousness of a scribe , if you got close then you would become a scribe yourself, the only way we can exceed that Righteousness , is to come under the righteousnes of the Son of God, the perfect Lamb, The Most Holy One, the One that when God saw the travail of His soul He was satisfied. well let me add this before someone says that paul wrote Romans, Jesus was quoted saying, that whosoever believeth in Him shall not perish . nothing about whosoever believeth and achieves perfection, will not perish.
But if we make Him Lord, he will lead us unto the way of perfection. two set of verses I feel a need to share ,
Romans 4:18 Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be.
19 And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sarah's womb:
20 He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God;
21 And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform.
22 And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness.
23 Now it was not written for his sake alone, that it was imputed to him;
24 But for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe on him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead;
25 Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification.
I am justified By His works, what he has done,
John 3:15 That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
Believe in Him then work for Him, our life is no longer our life But becomes His. we can not work our way into the good Grace of God. Jesus did that for us when God saw the travail of His soul. believe in Him and His works, Not in yours works, we believe that our perfection is what we have to have in order to enter into the Kingdom of God then where is your faith, in Jesus and all He did for you, for where is your Faith in God or in you ?