Little children, let no one lead you astray. He who does righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
Even as he is righteous ...  This is possible only through perfect unity with and identification with Christ who is truly righteous.  Nothing short of the perfect righteousness of Christ can ever save any one.  Let every man decide, therefore, if he will dare to appear before God in judgment clad in his own personal righteousness alone, or if he will deny himself and be baptized "into Christ," thereby becoming a participant in that righteousness which alone is sufficient and efficacious.