He tells us everything over and over - one line at a time, one line at a time, a little here, and a little there!" Isaiah 28:10 (NLT)
For it is precept upon precept, precept upon precept, line upon line, line upon line, here a little, there a little.” (ESV)
God loves balance, and this reflects in the way He communicates with us. He never leaves His words hanging, but puts all the pieces together - line upon line, precept upon precept, to form a beautiful and complete story.
When we take just one side, and run with just that, we distort it. For instance, the Bible describes our righteousness as filthy rags
- Isaiah 64:6. The Word of God also tells us that we have all sinned and fallen short of the glory of God. But if we only run with this word, we would begin to feel we do not measure up to God's concept of righteous living, and perhaps strive in vain to attain it.
However, if we take the following scriptures, they throw light on the provision God has made to ensure our righteousness. They attest to our sinful state, and yet show forth God's merciful provision through Jesus Christ:
2 Corinthians 5:21 - For he hath made him [to be] sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.
Philippians 3:9 - And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith.
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