God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)
Behavior modification that’s not empowered by God’s heart-changing grace is self-righteousness, as repugnant to God as the worst sins people gossip about.
Randy Alcorn
Bible – Greek OT (Septuagint/LXX) James Chapter 4:1-17.