We should realize how lowly we are before the holy God, but many of us are not aware of our lowliness. Of what can lowly humans boast before the holy God?

God called Jacob as a worm (Isaiah 41:14). We are all like earthworms that come out on rainy days and wriggle along the muddy ground. God also calls us maggots (Job 25:6). We are such lowly creatures. Nevertheless, God granted His grace of salvation to people like earthworms and maggots. God plants His righteousness in the lowly hearts and becomes the source of power for those who depend on His righteousness and live by faith. Those who are loved by God know how lowly they are. But those who do not receive any favours from God think they are righteous and just.

However, God’s righteousness is far greater than that of anyone on earth. God is holy and righteous, and He is the God of love and righteousness who removed all our sins once and for all by sending His own son to be baptized by John the Baptist to wash away all our sins. Therefore our Lord is the holy one who fulfilled all God’s righteousness. His baptism and the blood are more than enough to show God’s righteousness, and those who believe in His righteousness are as righteous as God. God favours such people.

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