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CD Set: Does God View Our Righteousness as Filthy Rags? (5/5) | Dec 31, 2009 | Fred Ichinose | Skokie IL US |
| There are professing believers who misunderstand God's view of man's personal righteousness and claim that in His sight such righteousness has no value outside of Christ and is considered filthy by Him. The outcome of such a belief is to downplay the importance of our own responsibility to do what is right and good and to devalue such efforts in ourselves and others. Though I knew much of what scripture says on the subject, I honestly didn't feel fully fully equipped to counter this false belief until I listened to the CD. David references many verses that helped me. One regarded Cornelius whose prayers and acts of generosity obviously had God's approval, even though he was not yet "saved". Another is a verse from Isaiah that I think David might have made a further point from (still 5 stars, David!): "Woe unto them that call evil good and good evil". So let *me* say that those who suggest that God considers all righteousness as filthy are "calling good evil". In the end, David shows clearly from scripture that our righteousness is as filthy rags to God only in a relative sense from Isaiah's (and our) point of view, when righteousness is absolute, which no man can claim. He also does a good job of acknowledging the truth of man's common sin and definite need for God's grace for salvation. No swinging too far the other way here. The common theme I get from this and David's other teaching is that living a life pleasing to God is a cooperative effort between man and God. The outcome for me? God accounts for both sin and righteousness and will reward both, for both Christian and non-Christian, whether in this life or in eternity. | ||||