The Gospel is the message of liberation and yet so few live as such. We find ourselves living ensnared by sin and live like there is no hope. Sure with our mouths we confess that we know we are forgiven and yet we live our lives with our sins hidden behind false piety. We seek to find more creative ways to conceal our whoredom behind conservative clothing which is far more treasonous than the sin we were trying to hide in the first place! As we hide our sins we look to our “righteousness” to save us. This is clearly a fallacy vehemently condemned by scripture. It is in fact by definition the anti-gospel of grace and making our “righteous” actions an idol. As such, by our actions we are denying the validity of the Gospel, saying in affect that God was not able to cover our sins and thus denying the work that Jesus did on the cross.
The Bible does not teach that God only seeks out the righteous to save. However it does teach that only the righteous will not taste death, and again it says that there is none who are righteous. How does this all work? More thoughts to follow tomorrow…