Proverbs 10:2
Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.
Earn millions and billions of dollars but it would not buy you life (place in heaven). Be poor but live a righteous life and get your ticket to heaven. It is really as simple as that. When we take birth in our flesh we have to die one day; physically; but what matters is “what will happen to us in eternal life”. Whether, we live there with God in heaven or we face extreme affliction in hell.
We generally don’t think about what will happen to us and get carried away in worldly saying “Live in Present”; ignoring the fact that our life on this earth is limited but our eternal life would be forever. The choice is ours; whether we want to be happy by wicked ways for some time and face the agony forever in Hell or we just follow righteous path of God here and rejoice in heaven with Him.
Next thing which may pop up in your mind is what exactly does this term “righteous” mean. So, the simple answer to this question is “God gave us the laws and the way to live in Bible” and when you follow his laws and his prescribed ways, you are deemed to be a righteous person.
Some might say that to keep up with the laws is next to impossible because the “standard” is just too high for a person in the flesh. But the good news is righteousness is possible even when we are in our flesh through the cleansing of sin in the name of Jesus Christ and accepting him wholeheartedly. Because through him only we can attain the inner perfection and can achieve salvation.
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