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<blockquote data-quote="HTacianas" data-source="post: 77446506" data-attributes="member: 411268"><p>You're going to get varying answers to your question. But some take a quote from the prophet Isaiah who said:</p><p></p><p>Isaiah 64:6 All of us have become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags...</p><p></p><p>They read it as if it is some sort of bullet point from a checklist. But it isn't. It is Isaiah reflecting on the general condition of mankind at one particular point in time. He saw people doing great wrongs, but then doing acts of righteousness as a pretense. Because of their condition and because of their behavior their righteous acts were worthless. The problem you'll find is that too many people lift that out and use it alone to say that righteous acts are filthy rags so there's no need in doing them. That has never been the teaching of Christianity.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HTacianas, post: 77446506, member: 411268"] You're going to get varying answers to your question. But some take a quote from the prophet Isaiah who said: Isaiah 64:6 All of us have become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags... They read it as if it is some sort of bullet point from a checklist. But it isn't. It is Isaiah reflecting on the general condition of mankind at one particular point in time. He saw people doing great wrongs, but then doing acts of righteousness as a pretense. Because of their condition and because of their behavior their righteous acts were worthless. The problem you'll find is that too many people lift that out and use it alone to say that righteous acts are filthy rags so there's no need in doing them. That has never been the teaching of Christianity. [/QUOTE]
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