You Need God's Righteousness, Not Yours

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

I love this passage of Scripture, which many Bible students fail to understand properly. Most religious people couldn't accurately explain what this Bible verse means. The reason why is because religion by default teaches that you must do good works, live a good life and be a good person to get to Heaven. I hear that from Roman Catholics all the time when I asked them if they know for sure that they're going to Heaven when they die. Satan is a beautiful liar!

The righteousness that Matthew 6:33 is talking about is God's imputed righteousness. Philippians 3:9, “And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith.”

Modern Bible Revisions Remove “Imputation”

I love that theological word “imputation.” Moreover, it is a biblical word. Tragically, the Devil's modern Bible perversions completely remove this beautiful word, and in so doing the translators rob the reader of this theological concept regarding salvation. No wonder billions of people are confused and walking in darkness today, when the inspired Word of God has been corrupted.

Dear reader, I cannot warn you enough to burn your modern Bible revisions, because they are ALL woefully corrupt, deadly and toxic to your salvation and spiritual growth. Case in point is the demonic English Standard Version (ESV) which has surpassed the New International Version (NIV) in popularity.

KING JAMES IBLE (KJB) - Romans 4:4-6, “Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt. But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness. Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works.”

ENGLISH STANDARD VERSION (ESV) - Romans 4:4-6, “Now to the one who works, his wages are not counted as a gift but as his due. And to the one who does not work but believes in him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted as righteousness, just as David also speaks of the blessing of the one to whom God counts righteousness apart from works.”

The theological word “imputation” is defined as:

Imputation theology refers to the concept in Christian theology where the righteousness of Christ is credited to believers, allowing them to be justified before God. This doctrine emphasizes that believers' sins are imputed to Christ, while His righteousness is imputed to them, forming a key aspect of justification by faith.

Although the Greek word itself (and meaning) for “counted” and “imputeth” in our text passage of Scripture passage are THE SAME, by removing the word “imputeth” the ESV deprives the reader of a key doctrine pertaining to salvation. The 54 King James Bible translators were wise to fully understand this great truth. Without seeing the word “imputeth,” the reader would never further investigate (study to rightly divide the Word of Truth) the rich theological meaning of this term. The very word imputation is rooted in the sacrifice of Jesus Christ on Calvary's cross to pay our debt of sin. To replace this word with “counted” is shameful, tragic and an injustice to God's inspired Word in my humble opinion.

You see dear friend, these modern translators assume that you are ignorant, uneducated and stupid, so that they need to rewrite God's Word for you to understand it. The love of money is the root of all evil (1st Timothy 6:10-11).

Kindly said, Evangelist Ray Comfort is a dangerous false teacher. He preaches hard core Lordship Salvation. Ray is very wrong on the biblical meaning of repentance, requiring people to life a lifestyle of turning away from your sinning to be saved, which is works, not God's free grace (Romans 4:4-7; Ephesians 2:8-9; Philippians 3:9; Titus 3:5).

I purchased Ray Comfort's popular 'The Evidence Bible' several years ago. I searched The Evidence Bible from cover to cover for any mention of God's imputed righteousness, but tragically couldn't find anything. Ray based his commentary upon The Amplified Bible (AMP), which perversion of God's inspired Word also completely removes the word “imputeth” from Romans 4:6. This is very likely why Ray never touches upon the paramount topic of imputation in his toxic study Bible, because the word was left out by the incompetent AMP translators.

You Need His Righteousness To Go To Heaven

Clearly, the 54 King James Bible translators wanted you (the reader) to research the concept of imputed righteousness, so that you would properly understand God's simple plan of salvation, which is obtained ONLY through faith alone in Jesus Christ (Romans 10:3-4; Philippians 3:9; Galatians 3:26). Acts 4:10-12 sternly warns the reader that there is no salvation apart from faith alone in the precious name of JESUS. What a faithful Savior!

You and I have no self righteousness to offer God. Your best (and mine) are filth to God. So says Isaiah 64:6, “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.” Most theologians concur that “filthy rags” in this passage likely refers to a woman's menstrual rags. The point is that we have NOTHING to offer God for salvation. We are all guilty sinners deserving of everlasting damnation in Hell, fire and brimstone (Revelation 21:8).

Don't compare yourself to the worst of humans, or you'll likely feel pretty good about yourself. Only compare yourself to the inspired eternal Word of God, and you'll fall short of God's glory (Romans 3:23). We are hopeless on our own to merit eternal life. It simply cannot be done. There is no way to make up for the past. We are all horrible wretched sinners. Anyone who denies this biblical truth is calling God a liar (1st John 1:10).

Thankfully, God sent His only begotten (biological) Son unto the world to die on a cross to pay our debt of sin (John 3:16-18). WHOSOEVER simply receives Christ's sacrifice through the cross of Calvary as full payment for their sins, believing that He was buried but physically resurrected from the dead three days later, is instantly and permanently saved. This is the Gospel (1st Corinthians 15:1-6). The Gospel is THE POWER OF GOD UNTO SALVATION unto all who BELIEVE IT (Romans 1:16). Simply believe that Jesus did it all for you.

God doesn't give probationary life, He only gives eternal life to those who BELIEVE (i.e., just take God at His Word as recorded in the inspired Holy Bible). Once saved, always saved (OSAS) is 100% biblical. If saved, you can never lose it. Have you been born again dear friend?

Faith is the only righteous thing that we can do.