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The Apostle who wrote 3/4 of the NT was a Pharisee. It is sometimes hard for us to remember that the honest intent of most of the Pharisees was to be pleasing to God. Some (usually the most prominent) fell victim to the same pride and vanity many of our Big Name preachers, today, succumb to. (Both Grace Followers AND Law Bulldogs)
I wonder if we can really judge if they have pride or not?...or what if they were in pride and vanity but have been shown this by the Holy Spirit and have repented of it ( changed the way they think ) and are now not that way.
Then people like me can come along and still judge them from past behaviors when in fact in the Lord's mind and heart - that person is completely free of that very thing I still accuse them of.
[h=2]Are YOU a pharisee? Take the test![/h] Matthew 5:20 For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.
Does your righteousness exceed the righteousness of the Pharisees?
[h=2]Are YOU a pharisee? Take the test![/h] Matthew 5:20 For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.
Does your righteousness exceed the righteousness of the Pharisees?
Every Christian can claim that. Because, as Jesus was talking about, our righteousness in not of ourselves and the good things we do or the laws we keep (as was the righteousness of the Pharisees), but rather, our righteousness is in being one of Christ's children.
Matthew 5:20 For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.
Does your righteousness exceed the righteousness of the Pharisees?
Every Christian can claim that. Because, as Jesus was talking about, our righteousness in not of ourselves and the good things we do or the laws we keep (as was the righteousness of the Pharisees), but rather, our righteousness is in being one of Christ's children.