Monday, October 27

The wrong righteousness

Before you can ever make a clean and unamended confession of your sin, you have to first begin by confessing your righteousness. It’s not just your sin that separates you from God; your righteousness does as well. Because, when you are convinced you are righteous, you don’t seek the forgiving, rescuing, and restoring mercy that can be found only in Jesus Christ.

— Paul David Tripp
Whiter Than Snow
(Wheaton, IL: Crossway Books, 2008), 22