Those who feel that they some how can earn their salvation by works and keeping the law in the “ appearance “ of being “ moral “ before man is the great disconnect.
They may appear before man as moral but before a holy and just God they are still dead in their sins and rotten to the core.
The worst of the worse of licisiviness are those white washed seplucures who “ apprear “ moral and righteous on the out side; never missed a Sunday at church, never cuss, swear, drink, smoke , run with prositudes, cheat on their taxes, lie, steal, unbelief before God ?
Are the worse that do those things who appear holy on Sunday before men, but run with the devil rest of the week.
I don’t care how moral, righteous , holy someone appears, it’s just a mask, a facsad, a show, and as far as God is concerned without the blood of Christ and regeneration of the holy spirit they are still dead in their sins worthy of hell and damnation.
"How terrible it will be for you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and the plate, but on the inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence. Mat 23:25