Works worthy of salvation
          Matthew 5:20 " For I say to you, that unless your righteousness exceeds the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven."
         The scribes and Pharisees were thought to be the top of the hill, cream of the crop guys when it came to living righteously. However, they may have looked righteous but, on the inside they were full of dead mans bones. They focused on the outward appearance and not the inward. So, we must not only focus on the inside but the outside as well to earn our way into heaven. However it is impossible to earn our way into heaven. I know that I sin everyday inwardly. Outwardly I may not sin, but I abundantly sin inwardly. I commit sin in my thoughts. I know it is a sin to think it because Jesus said it was. Matthew 5:27-28 is an example of inward sin. Already we have failed to earn it because you have to be sinless from the time you could walk to now. When I was a little kid, I stole a cookie from the cookie jar and lied about it, yeah I'm going to hell for that. Seriously, that is worthy of condemnation because it is violating God's law! Honor your Mother and Father. So it is impossible to earn salvation, but there is hope. Jesus' righteousness can save us and He gives it to us freely! What He did is worthy of salvation. He lived a sinless life and took our sins upon Himself and died for us. He then was raised from the dead the third day and is in heaven preparing a place for those who accept Him. If we accept Him as our savior and believe in Him and what He has done, we will receive salvation! How awesome is that!
          I have accepted Him as my savior and will be in heaven some day. I'm going to thank God for His righteousness tonight and pray His continual will in my life.
          Praise be to God for His righteousness.