There is none righteous, no not one. All have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God. We are all born in sin.
We can’t argue that no man does anything that is good and right. We see plenty of examples of kindness and rightness and goodness even in the world around us.
But there is a big difference between all of those things and true Biblical righteousness. True righteousness only comes to those have have been ‘born of Him’ or ‘born again’ as Jesus put it.
True righteousness is the mark of those who are born of God. None of us, even those born of God, have the ability to ‘righteousise’ ourselves. All of our righteousness is still no better that filthy rags. It is only the righteousness of Christ imputed to us that makes a difference.
Natural man can do a lot of good. Natural man can do right to an extent. But no one can practice righteousness apart from Christ’s righteousness in him.
Christ’s righteousness is our only hope of being reconciled to God. Praise God that He gave me the gift of being born again and no longer needing to depend on my righteousness.
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