When a person is born again. while he was yet dead spiritually (unable to understand things of the Spirit)God put the Holy Spirit within him, giving him the imputed righteousness of Christ. The only righteousness that the natural man had before he was quickened to a spiritual life was as filthy rags.
When a person is born again, they still carry the baggage of their fleshly nature, and when they turn away from God and begin to worship the idols of this world, as those in Romans one did, their actions become as filthy rags until they repent.
Most of God's well intended children cannot understand the grace of God, until they understand how unworthy, and nasty they are when they are walking in their flesh, instead of walking in the commandments of God.
The sacrifice of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart (Psalms 51:17)..
When a person is born again, they still carry the baggage of their fleshly nature, and when they turn away from God and begin to worship the idols of this world, as those in Romans one did, their actions become as filthy rags until they repent.
Most of God's well intended children cannot understand the grace of God, until they understand how unworthy, and nasty they are when they are walking in their flesh, instead of walking in the commandments of God.
The sacrifice of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart (Psalms 51:17)..