----> Jojo Abing SA BIYAYA NG AKING PANGINOONG JESUS, CIGURADO AKONG LANGIT ANG PUNTA KO! IKAW SAAN ANG PUNTA MO? 10 MINUTES AGO • UNLIKE 1 Question: WHAT DOES THE BIBLE SAY ABOUT SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS? ANSWER --->The dictionary definition of SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESs is “Confident of one’s own Righteousness, especially when smugly moralistic and intolerant of the opinions and behavior of others.” Biblically speaking, Self-righteousness, also known as Legalism, is the idea that we can somehow generate within ourselves a Righteousness that will be acceptable to God (Romans 3:10). Although any serious Christian would recognize the error of this thought, because of our sin nature, it is a constant temptation to all of us to believe we are, or can be, righteous in and of ourselves. In the New Testament, Jesus and the apostle Paul came down particularly hard on those who attempted to live in self-righteousness. “FOR BY GRACE YOU HAVE BEEN SAVED THROUGH FAITH, AND THAT NOT OF YOURSELVES; IT IS THE GIFT OF GOD, NOT OF WORKS, LEST ANYONE SHOULD BOAST” (EPHESIANS 2:8, 9). ---> LEST ANYONE SHOULD BOAST ---> LEST ANYONE SHOULD BOAST Jesus’ condemnation of SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS was especially harsh in His treatment of the Jewish leadership of the time. Six times in Matthew 23, Jesus condemns the scribes and Pharisees for rigidly adhering to the letter of the law in order to make themselves look better to others. The parable of the Pharisee and the tax collector was specifically told by Jesus to “some who trusted in themselves, that they were RIGHTEOUS, and treated others with contempt (Luke 18:9-14). The Pharisee assumed his acceptance with God based on his own actions, whereas the tax collector recognized that there was nothing in himself that would cause God to approve of him. Over and over again in the gospels, Jesus clashes with the Pharisees and scribes about true righteousness. At the same time, Jesus spends a great deal of time and energy warning His disciples about the DANGERS of SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS, making it clear that without Him, they could do nothing (John 15:5).
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