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Sincerely Wrong
Love Worth Finding
TODAY'S DAILY DEVOTIONAL
August 11, 2025
“For they being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted to the righteousness of God.”
ROMANS 10:3
PONDER THIS
Only the Holy Spirit of God can teach you to walk with God. As humans, we don’t know what to do concerning sin or righteousness. The average person thinks he is a sinner if he does wrong, so he’s righteous if he does right. The average person thinks that righteousness comes by doing and being good. But the Bible is clear that our good works cannot get us as far as we think.
A person can be sincere and sincerely wrong. Sulfuric acid and water look the same: clear, colorless liquid. One is water, one is deadly poison. If a man drinks a glass of sulfuric acid, believing it to be water, does it matter how sincere he believes? The only hope a person has of righteousness is Jesus.
Maybe you say, “Pastor Rogers, I am not that bad; I’m a pretty good person.” That’s the reason Jesus said to the Pharisees, “Assuredly, I say to you that tax collectors and harlots enter the kingdom of God before you” (Matt. 12:31). The Pharisees thought everyone needed God’s forgiveness but them. You must see your need to take that first step in right relationship with God.
What are some ways you depend on your own good works to be right with God? When have you failed to do good and realized your need for God?
What are some things that remind you every day of your need for Jesus? Why is it important to remember that daily?
PRACTICE THIS
Confess to God the ways you have depended on your own good works and ask Him to help you grow in your understanding of dependence on Him and His righteousness.
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