GOSPEL NUGGET #288

Jer 23:6 ...THE LORD (referring to the Lord Jesus) OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.

Picture this in your mind:

In front of us is a huge weighing scale. It is the weighing scale of God. God declares: "I will only accept people who will weigh a perfect 100." 
Righteousness means conformity to a standard. God's standard is a perfect 100. 

So we mounted the scale (you first) and then your heart sank when the scale returned a negative 30! I then followed and ascended the scale. To my dismay, it returned a negative 100! Yours is bad, but mine is worse.

As we were walking outside with our heads down, a Man named Jesus approached us and ask: "What's wrong?" With deep sadness and sorrow in our hearts, we replied: "God only accepts people who have a perfect 100. We cannot meet His standard. We are way down!"

Then He beckoned us to come and follow Him back to the house. He made His way to the weighing scale and stood there. To our awe and amazement, the scaled returned a perfect 100!

Then He turned around and said: "You know, I am your Substitute and Representative. My perfect 100 could be your perfect 100, if you trust and rely on Me."

And so trusting in Him, His perfect 100 became our perfect 100. And then God said: "I accept you because of Christ Jesus' perfect 100."

And we humbly bowed our heads and confessed: "We are nothing but unworthy sinners. We don't have a righteousness of our own that God could accept. Our righteous deeds are filthy rags in His eyes. But we have Christ Jesus OUR righteousness. A righteousness that God will never ever reject."

Are you counting on who you are or are you counting on Christ Jesus for God to accept you? He is the Way, the Truth and the Life. No one comes to the Father (accepted by God) except through Him.