There are thousands of false religions, yet they all converge at a single ill-fated precept ... through obedience to self-imposed doctrines, they believe they can attain a 'righteousness' that's acceptable in the eyes of God.
Christ spoke on the subject in this passage ...
To some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everyone else, Jesus told this parable: Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.
The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other people - robbers, evildoers, adulterers - or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get.’
But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner.’
I tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home justified before God. For all those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.” Luke 18:9-14
Sinners, in their own strength, try to accumulate enough 'good' deeds to earn their way to Heaven. There is a way which seems right to a man but in the end, it leads to death. (Proverbs 14:12)
Because of the victory won by Christ on Calvary's cross, His perfect righteousness can be applied to your account. God made Him who had no sin to be sin for us so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God. (2 Corinthians 5:21)
At the moment you accept Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, you are fully justified before God. Nothing can be added to or subtracted from this divine truth ... when the Father looks at you, He sees the righteousness of His Son.
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