Christ Our Righteousness

"Without Me, ye can do nothing." "Christ liveth in me!" "I am crucified with Christ!" "I can do all things through Christ which strengthens me." Such things are true. They are true whether I believe them or not. But whether or not I believe them affects how I think.

"Our flesh is very creative. It knows how to refine itself. It knows how to polish itself. It knows how to perfect itself. But it is still flesh! And it is rotten to the core." As Jerry Benjamin artfully explains, this is exactly why the Christian life begins when Christ reigns at the core.

"We have what we need to come to faith and spiritual maturity!

Even as Christians, if our eyes are on the circumstances and people around us we are sure to find something to complain about. Our tendency to murmur, grumble, and gossip only shows how selfish human beings really are. Murmuring, however, can be overcome simply by Who Christ really is . . .