Today you have people who believe in lordship salvation and they will often use this passage of scripture
Not from the King James Version, but rather from other versions of the Bible to try to say
Well, if you're really saved you'll make Jesus Lord of your life
Have you ever heard something like that if you're really saved you'll make Jesus Lord of your life
And you know if you don't make them Lord of your life and you're not really safe to begin with well
Here's the problem with that is the fact that Jesus is Lord whether you try to make them Lord of your life or not
Okay, first and foremost
Secondly, it doesn't say to make Jesus Lord of your life. It just says to believe on Jesus. Okay, who is Lord now?
Those who believe in lordship salvation when they say make Jesus Lord of your life
What they're saying is this you need to obey God's commandments
You need to repent of your sin if you're gonna be saved. That's what they're that's what they teach now
Think about this if they're saying you have to obey God's commandments. You have to keep God's commandments
They're saying you have to repent of your sins because part of the Commandments is to repent of sin, correct?
If they're saying you have to keep God's Commandments that basically means according to this chapter in context
They're going about to establish their own righteousness
Because look at verse number three. It says for they being ignorant and that's exactly what they are of
God's righteousness and going about to establish their own righteousness the Bible says
Have not submitted themselves until the righteousness of God and that's exactly what these people do
Anybody who believes you have to repent of your sins to be saved. You have to keep God's Commandments
Just mark it down translate it as this they're trying to establish their own righteousness. They don't want the righteousness of God and
In fact, it goes on to say verse 4 for Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone that keepeth them
No to everyone that believeth it says
For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone that believeth from Moses describe it the righteousness
Which is of the law look what it says that the man which doeth those things shall live by them
So he's saying look if you're trying to keep God's Commandments in order to be saved. You better make sure that you're living by God's
perfect standard of perfection
Well, that's interesting because the Bible specifically says that there's none righteous. No, not one
There's none that doeth good
No, not one it reiterates over and over again that everyone has fallen short of the glory of God
Right and it says in verse 6, but the righteousness was making a distinction there, which is of faith
Speaketh on this wise say not in thine heart who shall ascend from heaven into heaven
That is to bring Christ down from above or who shall descend into the deep that is to bring up Christ again from the dead
What saith it the word is nigh thee even even in thy mouth and thy heart that is the word of faith
Which we preach that if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus and shall believe in thine heart that God have raised them
From the dead thou shalt be saved. So in order to tap into God's righteousness
It requires for you to place your faith in Jesus
That's what it's saying
And when you do that the Bible specifically translates that as you submitting yourself to the righteousness of God