Isaiah 3:10-11 Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings. 11 Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.
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“ Amen! Morality does not equal Righteousness ” Powerful and edifying sermon dear brother Tom! Thank you for being such a faithful minister of Christ’s grace and Gospel to a spiritually blind and deaf world. But your statement that “morality does not equal righteousness” is so profound and is indeed a major mistake many people, religious and irreligious alike, foolishly assuming it will be enough to get them past God’s just scrutiny and assessment. The problem is we humans are tainted by sin, not even just physically as our bodies decay from corruption of disease but especially in our natural “moral” instincts and inclinations that are habitually selfward. Therefore as you and other astute theologians have observed, our so-called morality is deceptively biased, subjective and graded on a curve. We are too easy on ourselves and too critical of God and His standards. Just as the exchange between God and Israel in Ezekiel 18 reveals, sinful depraved man wants a free ride even if he chooses to remain in sin, but which God declares must be judged and punished. Man wants to be remembered for the so called good he “has done”; God says it doesn’t matter what you did but what you are still doing. Repentance and becoming like Christ are ongoing, but men want an “overall score” of morality which will never equal out in their favor.
Tom Harding is pastor of Zebulon Grace Church located at 6088 Zebulon Highway, Pikeville, Kentucky 41501. You may also contact him by telephone at (606) 631-9053, or e-mail taharding@mikrotec.com. The website address is www.henrytmahan.com.
