Establish their own righteousness

 by David Long

"Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved. For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge. For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God" (Rom. 10:1-3). Why wasn't Israel saved? Because they were going about to establish their righteousness. True of people today. They reject God's way of salvation for their own way. They follow the doctrines, traditions and commandments of men. They turn their ears away from the truth and turn to fables or falsehoods (2 Tim. 4:4). That's the majority of people today.