My righteousness for His righteousness, make the exchange today.
1 Cor 1:30-31 But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption: 31 That, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.
My trust is not that I am holy, but that being unholy, he is my righteousness. Charles Spurgeon
Jesus Christ is our righteousness; all other righteousness is filthy rages Isa 64:6. You cannot be saved by your good works, because no matter how hard you try, your “good” is not good enough for the perfectly holy and completely righteous God who alone grants salvation. Nor can you be saved by your moral perfection—no matter how moral or how perfect you are. God sent his Son to die on the cross, to hang there as our sin, to pay the just punishment for sin that we deserved. That is our only hope that Jesus became sin—our sin—and in so doing, he likewise became our righteousness.
2 Cor 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.
How can a man trust in his own righteousness? It is like seeking shelter under one's own shadow.
W. H. MEDHURST