The Lie Of "I'm Good Enough"

By Gobel Brockman

I once heard a minister by the name of Ray Comfort say something that has always stuck with me. He was talking about people who say they're going to be 'good enough' to get to heaven. He said when that issue comes up, he asks them three questions:
"At least once in your life, have you ever told a lie?"
"At least once in your life, have you ever taken something that didn't belong to you?"
"Jesus taught that lust was adultery of the heart. At least once in your life, have you ever done that?"
Then he says, "If you answered 'yes' to those three questions - and if you were honest you did - that means you're admitting that in your life you've been a lying, thieving adulterer. And we've still got seven more commandments to go."

My point? WE'RE NOT GOOD ENOUGH. We can't save ourselves. On our best days, it's not enough. Romans 3:23 says that "for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God." That Scripture doesn't mean that at one point in our lives we've fallen short, it means we continually fall short. I'm not trying to crush your self-esteem, I'm trying to help you see that 'self' is the enemy when it comes to righteousness with God. Romans 10:3-4 says this: "For, being ignorant of the righteousness of God, and seeking to establish their own, they did not submit to God's righteousness. For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes."

Simply put, you and I don't need 'improvement', we dont need 'self-help', we need SAVED. If we could be good enough, Christ's death on the cross was meaningless. My righteousness - and your righteousness - will only be found when we put our faith in what Jesus did at Calvary. And nothing else.


(Scriptures taken from the English Standard Version)