Worship for Today: Righteousness provides us entrance into heaven!

The Lord is awe-inspiring, fascinating, intriguing, majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of him in Psalm 15:1-5,
 
"Lord, who may dwell in your sanctuary? Who may live on your holy hill? ... He who does these things will never be shaken."

 

This of course is the question of the ages: who will find themselves in heaven, escaping God's judgment and enjoying all that will be ours as his children, when all is said and done? Who will acquire eternal life on the other side of the resurrection? The intervening sentence between verses 1 and 5b provides the answer, and it is not hopeful for anyone! "He whose walk is blameless and who does what is righteous, who speaks the truth from his heart and has no slander on his tongue, who does his neighbor no wrong and casts no slur on his fellowman, who despises a vile man but honors those who fear the Lord, who keeps his oath even when it hurts, who lends his money without usury and does not accept a bribe against the innocent."

 

The very first hoop dismisses us all, "He whose walk is blameless and who does what is righteous..." Who qualifies here? I certainly don't. I'm not one who has ever been accused of being blameless. As a matter of fact, when the question arises, as to "who done it?", it is usually assumed to be me! As the law does so well, this psalm tells us of our desperate need of salvation.

 

When it comes to the currency that can buy our way into heaven, we read in Proverbs 11:4, "Wealth is worthless in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death." It is righteousness that can bring us to heaven after our time is up, here on planet earth. As Psalm 15 so effectively points out, we all have a problem. None of us are righteous and we are all facing God's inevitable judgment in the lake of fire!

 

But there is good news! The gospel tells us a righteousness from God is available! If we embrace Jesus Christ in faith we can recieve this precious currency of righteousness from God himself! "But now a righteousness from God, apart from law, has been made known, to which the Law and the Prophets testify. This righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe." Romans 3:21-22. The man that possesses righteousness gains access to heaven after death! We all can have this righteousness! God in his mercy has made it available to us through faith in his resurrected Son, Jesus Christ!
 
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share your thoughts of worship with us from your Bible reading today. We'd love to hear from you!

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Trevor Fisk
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