Condemned or Justified
There are just two kinds of people in this world; those who justify themselves before God and those who are justified by God in Christ. Those who justify themselves are always condemned before God. Those who condemn themselves are always justified before the Lord by His grace ( Rom ans 3:24 & Titus 3:7 ) . In Luke 18 the Pharisee justified himself and was condemned. The publican condemned himself and was justified ( Luke 18:13-14 ) . Which one are you? Grace is for the guilty! “And H e said unto them ( the Pharisees ) , Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God” ( Luke 16:15 ) . The Lord Jesus had the sharpest rebukes and the strongest warnings to those who went about to seek salvation by the deeds of the law. He never had a kind word of mercy or a word of grace to those Pharisees who stood on the ground of their merit and self-righteousness. He ...