"The majority of people have their morality well within their own grasp, they have no sense of need of the gospel. It is God Who creates the need of which no human being is conscious until He manifests Himself." - Oswald Chambers, My Utmost for His Highest
In other words, most people are moral by their own standards. They are not perfect and they know that, but their standard of morality does not require perfection. They do not hold themselves to a "be perfect as your Father in heaven is perfect" standard of morality. They grade on a curve.
We need God to convict us of the state and standard of our morality. In other words, we do not need to merely repent of being immoral by God's standards, but for having an immoral standard of morality to begin with. This very standard is what keeps us from seeing the extent of our immorality and our need of mercy and grace in order to obtain a declaration of righteousness over our lives.
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