All Who Trust In Him For Salvation

  A lawyer who was an expert in the Law of Moses, came to the Lord Jesus to a seek an alternative way of salvation by asking the question, "Teacher, what must I DO to INHERIT eternal life?"
 This lawyer had developed the legalist view that keeping the Law was the route to eternal life. This legalistic scholar had developed a perspective which meant that he had to do something in order to obtain eternal life.
 The question that this young man asked was the wrong question and was based on his own self-righteousness and not his sinful state.
 All the good works and self-righteous acts produced by mankind are filthy rags in the eyes the Lord.    Only in Christ can true righteousness be found, and All Who Trust In Him For Salvation are clothed in HIS righteousness.
 Many today are seeking to enter heaven through their own righteousness simply because they are asking the wrong question (What must I do to INHERIT eternal life?) which demonstrates a legalist mind-set and a trust that one's own works are sufficient to earn eternal life.
"For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life."
Luke 10:25 On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?”

Our United Prayer:
Heavenly Father, thank You that Jesus died for our sins so that by faith in Him we will not perish, but have everlasting life. Keep us from legalistic thinking that we are able to do something to add to Christ’s finished work on the Cross. Thank You that by faith in Him, we have been forgiven of our sins and received eternal life as a free gift of grace, not of works of Law, (lest we should start to boast in our own righteousness), but only by grace through faith in Christ Jesus our Savior. Praise His holy name, AMEN.