Bad News For Good People, Good News For Bad People

BAD NEWS FOR GOOD PEOPLEJesus said: “I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance” (Mark 2:17)You may be surprised to learn that the Bible contains much bad news for people who would consider themselves to be good. The following verses are examples of this:We are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags.Isaiah 64:6There is none righteous, no, not one: there is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.Romans 3:10,11All things are naked and opened unto the eyes of Him with whom we have to do.Hebrews 4:13God requireth that which is past.Ecclesiastes 3:15Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us.Titus 3:5Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in His [God’s] sight.Romans 3:20God ... now commandeth all men every where to repent.Acts 17:30Except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish. Luke 13:3 GOOD NEWS FOR BAD PEOPLE“Christ died for the ungodly” (Ro