But My Good Outweighs My Bad

Imagine someone accused of murder standing before a judge and saying, “But your honor, I admit killing one person, but look at the billions of people in the world that I didn’t kill. Obviously, my good outweighs my bad.” That individual would not have even a snowball’s chance on the sun of being acquitted. However, he would have an infinitely better chance than those who rely on their “good” to outweigh their “bad” when it comes to standing before a holy God.

God’s standard is His own perfect righteousness, and anything less than perfection is insufficient to allow anyone into God’s heaven. Clearly, not one of us can come even close to perfection, and by His standard, no one can truthfully say, “My good outweighs my bad.” Only those who are by faith clothed in the righteousness of the crucified and risen Son of God will be admitted. 

“He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him” (2 Corinthians 5:21, NASB).  

“For as through the one man’s disobedience the many were made sinners, even so through the obedience of the One the many will be made righteous” (Romans 5:19, NASB).