Tag: self-righteousness
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God, by His grace has delivered us from the grip of sin. It would be a shame if we returned to our selfishness like the Pharisees and became nothing more than a lying fig tree.
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The biggest error behind both of these types of judgments is that we think we can tell who is a child of God and who is not. This leads us to self-justification comparing ourselves to others.
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Rather than doing the right thing, wicked people will do anything they can to maintain their standing before men and improve their worldly position. Their “wisdom” is not a godly one. It is a form of pride and self-justification.
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God and His church rejoice when one of His children turns back to God and follows Jesus. We should reconcile our minds to this fact and rejoice as well.
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Jesus shows us that we need to look at ourselves more deeply when it comes to sin.