No One Is Righteous

It is all too easy to look at all of the hate and violence going on in our world today and think that passing more laws would help remedy the current situation.  We need laws, but laws won't stop nor deter violence of the worst kinds.  Preventing law abiding citizens from obtaining certain weapons won't help reduce hatred in people's hearts and it won't prevent those who have evil motives from obtaining something to inflict harm on others.

The world is in trouble.  We are living in an increasingly dark world and something really horribly bad is about to happen.  I am afraid that we haven't even begun to see the evil that will be unleashed upon this world because of the wickedness that is found deep with in the hearts of mankind.

The heart is deceitful and no one can truly know it.  God knows each of our hearts and He knows our ways.  There is not one of us that is righteous on our own.  We have all sinned and we have all fallen short of the glory of God.

Romans 3:9-26 says,

"9 What shall we conclude then? Do we have any advantage? Not at all! For we have already made the charge that Jews and Gentiles alike are all under the power of sin. 
                                                                           

10 As it is written: “There is no one righteous, not even one;

11 there is no one who understands; there is no one who seeks God.

12 All have turned away, they have together become worthless; there is no one who does good, not even one.”^a

13 “Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.”^b“The poison of vipers is on their lips.”^c

14 “Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness.”^d

15 “Their feet are swift to shed blood;

16 ruin and misery mark their ways,

17 and the way of peace they do not know.”^e

18 “There is no fear of God before their eyes.”^f

19 Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.

20 Therefore no one will be declared righteous in God’s sight by the works of the law; rather, through the law we become conscious of our sin.  

  21 But now apart from the law the righteousness of God has been made known, to which the Law and the Prophets testify. 

                                                                           

22 This righteousness is given through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference between Jew and Gentile, 

                                                  

23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 

                                                  

24 and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus. 

                                                  

25 God presented Christ as a sacrifice of atonement,  through the shedding of his blood—to be received by faith. He did this to demonstrate his righteousness, because in his forbearance he had left the sins committed beforehand unpunished— 

                                                  

26 he did it to demonstrate his righteousness at the present time, so as to be just and the one who justifies those who have faith in Jesus. "

The Lord gave us His law.  We can see the summation of the law in the ten commandments.  We have broken each commandment either in thought our deed.  The book of James says that even if we broke God's law at one tiny point we would be guilty of breaking them all.  We are law breakers.  There is no one that is good.  There is not one of us that does good consistently all the time.  

C.S. Lewis once said something to the effect that, "No one ever realizes how bad they are until they try to be good."  That is a very true statement.  How many times have we become angry when someone cuts us off in traffic while driving to work?  Jesus equates anger towards another as murder.

There is definitely no fear of God in people's lives these days.  The true living God has been ignored for far too long.  He is not dead nor dost He sleep.  God is alive!  He is calling us to repent of our wicked and evil ways and turn back to Him by trusting in the One He has sent.  This world needs a savior and the only one that can save is the Lord Jesus Christ.

The Church needs to awaken from it's sleep and repent of it's sins.  We need to do what the Lord would have us to do and that is to proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ to all the nations.  We have been commanded by the Lord Himself to make disciples of all nations and baptize them in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

There is not one of us that is righteous on our own.  We have all failed.  We are all sinners and each of us will have to give an account before the true living God.  God loves you.  He wants you to repent of the evil in your heart and trust in the Lord Jesus Christ who can transform you from the inside out.  We are saved by placing our faith in the Lord Jesus Christ by trusting in His grace.

Lord,

We need You.

The People of this world need You.

Awaken Your Church to proclaim the Gospel message all around the world while being empowered by the Holy Spirit.

We praise Your Holy Name.

Come Soon Lord Jesus.

In Jesus Name I pray,

Amen.