12/16/2024 – Day 176 – Luke – Chapters 15 – 16 / “And He (Jesus) said to them, ‘You are those who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is highly esteemed among men is an abomination in the sight of God.’ ” (Luke 16:15)
Commentary from “The Evidence Study Bible – NKJV”:
“16:15 A little girl was once looking at a sheep as it ate green grass. She thought to herself how nice and white the sheep looked against the green grass. Then it began to snow. The little girl then thought how dirty the sheep looked against the white snow. It was the same sheep, but with a different background. When we compare ourselves to the background of man’s standards, we come up reasonably clean. However, when we compare ourselves to the snow-white righteousness of the Law of God, we see that we are all as an unclean thing, and our righteous deeds are as filty rages (Isaiah 64:6).”
Now let’s follow the Truth trail to Isaiah 64:6:
“But we are all like an unclean thing, And all our righteousness are like filthy rags; We all fade as a leaf, And our iniquities, like the wind, Have taken us away. ” Isaiah 64:6
Followed by the Commentary for this verse, same bible as noted above:
“Sinners think that their good deeds commend them to God. Point out that God sees their good deeds as filthy rags (literally, as used menstrual cloths) – so imagine how God views their sins. To convince a sinner that his self-righteousness is an offense to a holy God, apply the moral law to the conscience. For the biblical use of the Law, see Mark 10:17-19; Romans 2: 21-24; 3: 19 , 20; 7: 7, 13, Galatians 3:24; 1 Timothy 1: 8-10. See also Luke 16:15.”