Ezekiel 33:12
“Therefore you, O son of man, say to the children of your people: ‘The righteousness of the righteous man shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression; as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall because of it in the day that he turns from his wickedness; nor shall the righteous be able to live because of his righteousness in the day that he sins.’”
“Therefore you, O son of man, say to the children of your people: ‘The righteousness of the righteous man shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression; as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall because of it in the day that he turns from his wickedness; nor shall the righteous be able to live because of his righteousness in the day that he sins.’”
This is echoed in Romans 3, where it is clear that we all have sinned against God and nobody is righteous to Him. What we point out as righteousness amidst obvious sins can never earn our place in heaven; our hearts have sin in their motives (hate is murder, lust is adultery, and so on), so we all come short. But the good news is that when we turn from sin (repentance) to Him in Jesus Christ by believing and receiving Him, we will not fall but live forgiven when God judges us all. Jesus is the only way, for He is the truth and life. Then we have His righteousness counted for us instead of our marred righteousness against us.
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