This is a question the world should be asking. How then can a mortal be righteous before God? Most people in the world think they are righteous. I'm not that bad I hear the people say. In a broken world with broken people it's easy to judge ones self and seem righteous. As we live in a world that has declared it's self as righteous and the people init judge there own righteousness on good works. If people think there righteous why then would they call out to God? What a arrogant, hard world we live in today. The first job of an evangelist is surly to make a world see itself unclean. A world to see it's self as unrighteous. To preach the law of God to the unsaved souls on the earth. Them there hearts may be humbled and softened. As the realisation hits that they stand as criminals before a holy judge. Only then will they ask them selves the question, how then can a mortal be righteous before God? They will be in desperate need of righteousness knowing the fate of hell awaits unless they can stand righteous before God. Once they know the answer they will cry out to Jesus. They will reach out to Jesus. They will praise Jesus. They will shout Jesus name from the roof tops. They will shout for joy as they will embrace a holy God. For they will be made righteous through Christ. They will be saved.