The Laodicean Message - E.H. “Jack” Sequeira

act of life. Then we shall know that our own
righteousness [there you have the term: our own
“self-righteousness”] is indeed as filthy rags, and
that the blood of Christ alone can cleanse us from
the defilement of sin and renew our hearts in His
own likeness.
One of the greatest works that God has to do
before He lightens the earth with His glory is, if I
may use that phrase from Ellen G. White, is the
cleansing of the soul temple — not the outward act,
but the heart, the motives.
So one difference between self-righteousness
and works of faith, which is Christ’s righteousness,
is the motive. And you and I cannot read
somebody else’s motive, so we must never judge.
There are only two people who can read your
motives: you and God. And, to Him, it’s enmity.
So the first difference is that the “works of the
law” God rejects because the motive is wrong, not
the act is wrong. The act is right, the motive is
wrong. The Jews kept the Sabbath. They were
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