Former ignorance

This morning I was listening to the radio on itunes and I heard a song that was familiar, but this morning it hit me in a new way. The main corus goes something along these lines "Oh God, I'm hanging onto You". God has really been challenging me lately on this same idea. I really felt that I needed to blog this morning after I had spent some quality time with the Lord. It was really crazy that I happened to put on the radio and heard this song, because this song is the exact opposite of what the Lord has been challenging me with lately.

If my salvation depended upon me hanging onto the Lord, I would have been "kicked out" long ago. Although, I perceive myself to be a fairly righteous fellow that studies the Word and has it all together, I'm not. I am not this righteous person. My mind and self-righteous heart have been clouded with pride.

I know these things in my head, but for so long I thought that I could impress the Lord with my righteousness. Wait..that was past tense..I still feel this way. It is a complete offense to the LORD, as only the righteousness of Christ is able to satisfy God the Father.

"For by grace you have been saved through faith; that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not as a result of works, so that no one may boast." Ephesians 2: 8-9

My salvation has nothing to do with "my works" the things that I do to "impress" God. I hope and pray that everyone who reads this would know that no amount of "good works" or "self-denial" will ever result in salvation.

If you're reading this and you think to yourself "But, I'm a good person", you're not. These are not Blake Bradley's words, but the Word of God. It says that we are wretched in His sight. If you believe what the Lord's Word says about us, then you know that we are dead in our sins.

But by faith "if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved;" Romans 10:9