The Destructiveness of Self-Righteousness, Part 2 (TMF:2075)

Friday, April 21, 2023
Peace to Live By: The Destructiveness of Self-Righteousness, Part 2 (TMF:2075) - Daniel Litton
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       Why is self-righteousness so destructive? Well, there are a couple reasons. The first is that this kind of attitude actually prevents Christian growth. Think about it. If we are proud of where we currently stand in our Christian walk, or in how our church stands in comparison to other churches, that we really have things down and others do not, it is impossible to grow because, again, our group of people already has things down. If you already know what you’re doing, there is nothing new to learn, nothing new to implement, nowhere new to go. We have already arrived. Second, this kind of pride is bad because in the belief among the church members that they’ve already arrived, there is then the belief that they have the right to judge others who do things differently, of whom they feel do not follow God correctly. Let me pull back the curtain a second for dramatic affect. We see far-right evangelical churches attack the Methodists and Presbyterians. “They’ve left the correct way. We have the real way” it is said.