The Destructiveness of Severity (TMF:2078)

Wednesday, April 26, 2023
Peace to Live By: The Destructiveness of Severity (TMF:2078) - Daniel Litton
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       What is the second thing that needs to be surrendered in regard to self-righteousness? It’s that uncomfortable vibe, that lack of warmth, the absence of easygoingness. We might call it severity. There are certain churches you can go into and you will immediately feel uncomfortable. Why? Well, there is self-righteousness present; I guarantee you. Wherever you find a lack of comfort among believers you find self-righteousness. It’s an amusing thing, isn’t it, once you come to this realization? It’s amusing until people get hurt. Then it’s not funny anymore. Another identifier of the severity is a lack of communication. So, a lack of comfort and a lack of communication. Self-righteous people don’t communicate. They don’t communicate because they are better than you, have superior knowledge over you, and therefore don’t have to. You’re not worthy of being in on their secret communications. The third thing that would be helpful to surrender is that feeling of worthlessness due to the realization of one’s sin-nature.