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<BR><FONT COLOR=#006600 SIZE=-1><B>Article No. 0452</B></FONT><BR>

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<H1><FONT COLOR=#613300>The&#39;Golden Rule&#39;<BR>Is NOT<BR>Enough!</FONT></H1>
<B>&#8220;I no longer count on my own righteousness<BR><I>(by following human or self-made rules)</I><BR>But that I become righteous through faith in Christ.<BR>For God&#8217;s way of making us right with himself<BR>Depends on faith in Him alone.&#8221;</B><BR>
<VERSE-REF50><B><FONT COLOR=#647A28>Philippians 3:9</FONT></B><BR>
<FONT SIZE=-1><I>(Paraphrased)</I></FONT>
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One of the biggest lies that misleads people regarding their personal &#39;goodness&#39;
and standing before God is the famous <I><B><FONT COLOR=#F9D75C>GOLDEN RULE</FONT></B></I>.  
Sure, it is an absolutely true statement
and a good way to live, but it is not all we need to do or know in this life to take us into
the next life.
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You see, as today&#8217;s verse says it is not by our own self-righteousness, kind acts,
&#39;being a good person&#39; or acts of generosity and contribution to the world or others that
redeems us in God&#8217;s eyes.  Rather it is simply and plainly putting our faith that Christ
paid the penalty for all the <B><I><FONT COLOR=#DD0000>&#39;Un-Golden Rule&#39;</FONT></I></B>
things we do in life&#33;
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To be &#8220;Right with God&#8221; is not based on our own self-determined rules of
righteousness or measurement, but by His.  We cannot earn it through our good deeds outweighing
our not-so good deeds because we are not judged by a scale of &#39;more good things than bad&#39;
but only by faith in His Righteousness to take away all the non-golden rule things we have done&#33;
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Friend, by all means practice the Golden-Rule but don&#8217;t depend on it to get you to heaven. 
Faith in Christ alone is the only way to the throne! He alone is <I>&#8220;The (only) Way, The Truth,
and the Life.&#8221;</I> (John 10:10b)   
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