No, it's very much scriptural. Scripture, supporting scripture.
As you probably already realize, we don't take one lil tidbit of scripture and create a doctrine.
After spending a couple of years studying God's word, I believe scripture supports we being reconciled to Him through His plan of salvation through Christ Jesus and His atoning sacrifice. Our nature has been transformed to righteous from sinner because of what Jesus did on the cross.
God is not mad at us. God is not in a bad mood. God doesn't put cancer on people or break their car down if they fail to tithe. All this sort of nonsense is man made.
God is love. It is His nature. It is God's goodness that leads men to Him. Furthermore, we have to read the text in context. Who was Jesus speaking to? Why was he delivering that particular message at that particular time.
Not everything in the bible is meant for YOU. In fact, being a gentile, we were never under the law of Moses. So, I say that to say this...Jesus paid it all.
Humbling ourselves to God is accepting what He has done for us. We do not have to WORK for God's love and acceptance. Man is not capable of keeping the law and Jesus through Matthew's account is evidence of it.
When Jesus preached...pluck out your eye or whack off your hand or sell everything and follow Me...He was preparing them for the New Covenant through his death. Showing those folks just how helpless they were on their own.
So, there it is. We don't have to go around groveling. We are not a stench in the nostrils of God, lowly worms unworthy of his love.
No! Scripture tells us that we are conquerors, righteous, sanctified, the head not the tail, our spirit is sitting in the heavens with Jesus, kingdom priests, worthy child of God, a friend, heir, accepted, saint.
I am one with the Lord and am one spirit with Him! That is good news! If I am one with Jesus and Jesus sits on the throne of heaven...where are we? With Jesus in our spirit.
Scripture says our sins have been put away as far as the East is from the West, into the sea of forgetfulness, no longer imputed, the blood of Jesus cleanses us from ALL sin...not just until you sin again. We will always struggle with sin until the day our flesh dies. Our enemy is the world around us (controlled by the evil one), our flesh and the evil one himself.
What did scripture mean by: Greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world? It is talking about Jesus conquering sin in our lives.
Paul addresses sin over and over. Acknowledging his struggles in the flesh and acknowledging to God...Your grace is sufficient for me. Beautiful stuff.
Anyhoo...I am convinced that I walk in the favor of God and that He is not against me...even if I trip up. He is there to help guide my path and shower His love and acceptance on me.
No one has it 100% right. But after studying for a couple of years and graduating with an associates in biblical studies, I am convinced that God's plan of salvation through Messiah Jesus was to make right what happened in the garden.
Through one man sin entered the world, through one man Jesus, we have been rescued from the curse of sin, the law and death.
God bless partner.
100% agree