NONE CAN CLAIM TO BE WORTHY OF HEAVEN!

EVEN MAN'S RELIGIOUS ATTEMPTS AT

BEING RIGHTEOUS, ARE WORTHLESS!

Isaiah 64:6-7 - But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.  And there is none that calleth upon Thy name, that stirreth up himself to take hold of Thee:  for Thou hast hid Thy face from us, and hast consumed us, because of our iniquities.

Romans 3:10-12, 23 - As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:  there is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.  They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one. . . . For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God....

UNRIGHTEOUSNESS IS THE NATURAL

OUTWORKING OF MAN'S SIN NATURE!

1 Corinthians 6:9-10 - Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God?  Be not deceived:  neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.

1 Corinthians 15:50 - Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.

Galatians 5:19-21 - Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like:  of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

THE RIGHTEOUSNESS NECESSARY TO

HAVE A PART IN THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN,

IS OFFERED TO US AS A GIFT FROM GOD!

Job 33:26 - He shall pray unto God, and He will be favorable unto him:  and he shall see His face with joy:  for He will render unto man His righteousness (compare 1 Jn. 3:2 below).

Matthew 6:33 - But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and His righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

2 Corinthians 5:20-21 - Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us:  we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God.  For He hath made Him to be sin for us, Who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him.

2 Timothy 4:8 - Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day:  and not to me only, but unto all them also that love His appearing.

1 John 3:2 - Beloved, now are we the sons (children) of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be:  but we know that, when He shall appear, we shall be like Him (righteous); for we shall see Him as He is.

SALVATION (BEING MADE RIGHTEOUS) IS

A FREE GIFT; IT IS NOT OF WORKS SO THAT

NONE OF US CAN RECEIVE THE GLORY!