Called to the King's Banquet: Wear Christ's Righteousness

And isn't he the master deceiver? The master deceiver that would go and get us to focus on the things of this world and say, oh, you're gonna find all your joy and all your pleasures and all your things in the treasures of this world. That's the only place we're gonna find it, when God has so much more. Amen. When God has so much more. What does he tell us to do? He tells us to look at it through the eyes of faith, the eyes of trust. [01:00:49] (28 seconds)  #EyesOfFaith

That's been my theme as I've been thinking about it. I've said that several times, but I want just that to be the theme of this church in our minds. Boy, we come to God trusting. We we live our life trusting. We're not beggars. We don't have to go to God begging. You know, some people say, woah. Yeah. We should. Wait. I want you to think about that. I I challenge that thinking. I challenge that thinking. We are a son Yes. Not a beggar. [01:01:18] (28 seconds)  #SonsNotBeggars

I'm trusting that I'm good enough. Yes. And somebody will say it this way. I'm trusting in the grace of Christ. Plus, I've got to do my part. You know how foolish that is? Here's the picture. It's taking the spotless, perfect garment of Christ's righteousness And taking our righteousness, which the bible describes in Isaiah as filthy rags, and taking those filthy rags and pasting or sewing them on to the righteousness of Christ and saying, isn't it better? Isn't this good? And everybody's going, no. You just messed it all up. [01:11:42] (51 seconds)  #NoPatchworkRighteousness

If you're going to insert your righteousness and your good works and say, this is part of my payment. I I must trust in this as well. He said, now you have a debt. Now you owe. And the only way to pay for your sin is through sinless perfection or death. And your death is required if you can't do the sinless perfection. But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness. [01:13:21] (32 seconds)  #JustifiedByFaith

Joshua was the high priest, the religious leader of the children of Israel. He represented the children of Israel and their religion. How was he clothed? In filthy garments. He stood before them unworthy in all the ceremony, the pomp, the circumstances of all their ceremony, all that they had to offer there in their religious rites, whereas filthy garments. Filthy garments. And he answered and spake unto those that stood before him saying, take away the filthy garments from him. Behold, I have caused thine iniquity to pass from thee, and I will clothe thee with a change of raiment. What is that change of raiment? It is Christ's righteousness. [01:14:29] (44 seconds)  #ClothedInChrist

The very people who should have celebrated this coming were the very ones that rejected him, put him on the cross, brought judgment upon themselves then. As a result, the kingdom of heaven was opened up to anyone in such a broad way, the wonderful great commission to the Gentiles and to the rest of the world in such an open way and by to by faith accept the righteousness God provides through Christ. Those who spurn the gift of salvation and cling instead to their own good works will spend an eternity in hell. [00:55:42] (37 seconds)  #AcceptGodsGift

Satan lies and says, no. You can only find your pleasure in these things. Just as he lied to these men, now I can only find my pleasure. I can only find fulfillment and contentment in my life if I follow what I want. If I'm on the throne, the life of faith says, okay, God, I submit, and I'm putting you on the throne, and I'm gonna find my contentment through you. It's not living this ascetic life. [01:06:09] (24 seconds)  #WalkingInTheSpirit

It's trusting, God, your way is best, not my way. It's trusting, Lord, your way is best as far as whom I'm to invite in this work that I'm doing. It's trusting and saying the results are in your hands, Lord. God, I'm just your servant to be used by you. God, I yield to you. I submit to you. I humbly come before you. It always takes humbling, though. It always takes humbling. [01:21:40] (27 seconds)  #SetYourAffectionsAbove