This post will clarify what I meant to say in my last post titled "The Difference Between Fundamentalist (some) and The Rest Of Us."
There is nothing wrong with Fundamentalist Beliefs (taking the scripture completely literally), and I believe in the same things Fundamentalist believe in. However, I am at liberty to differ on some secondary doctrine. I was brought up as a Fundamentalist. The Fundamentalist movement started in the late 19 century, early 20th century and it was designed to keep our Christian doctrine from being perverted by the Modern Era. I said in one of my post that my brother was a Pastor, he is a Fundamentalist like myself (WOW imagine that). However, a lot of the Fundamentalist I know (Not all) and even my brother, take scriptures so literal that it robs them of seeing and accepting the true love of Christ in their lives. Not only sad, but can lead to self-righteousness. My brother and I have had many debates, and I will always love him, but he has a condemning personality for one and a few other issues which you will see in the list I provided from the website, www.becomingchristians.com. This only REPELS new/old Christians. We have to remember the Lord Jesus Christ is a very Jealous God. You can memorize the entire Bible, wow, I would be proud! How would this effect your relationship with Jesus, his love in your life? I bet there would be a lot of chances you didn't get to experience his true love because you were so focused on what was gonna make you such an excellent student of his word. All I'm saying is you have to be careful with Fundamentalism. It can easily create a Deadly Sin of Self-Righteousness. Humble yourself and let Jesus lead you, then go study his word. Don't ever place anything higher than the love of Jesus. The pharisees did this. They were so proud of all their knowledge of scriptures, but did not know one ounce of the love of Jesus.
Love you all, even you self-righteous types. The lord Jesus is gonna do a great work in your heart because of this post. He lead me to share this.
PS: Remember I'm not the best communicator lol, but Jesus is ;)
Sign no. 1: Self-righteous people repel others
Have you ever been around a person who made you feel uncomfortable, unrighteous, and guilty because you can see how he OBVIOUSLY show his righteousness? This person constantly rubs on your face his righteous acts and in the process, unconsciously PUT PEOPLE DOWN. As a result, you don’t like to make friends with this person because he has this aura of making you feel spiritually inferior.
That’s exactly what self-righteousness does. IT REPELS PEOPLE. On the other hand, genuine righteousness DRAWS people toward you. Jesus Christ is the perfect example of a righteous Being. He draws people toward Him and not fend them off.
Sign no. 2: Self-righteous people parade their good works
The Pharisees and scribes are the perfect EPITOMAI of self-righteousness. For that reason, Christ ardently reprimanded them. Read Matthew 23, and you will see how many times Christ said, “Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees.” Christ stated that we must exceed the righteousness of these people if ever we want to enter the Kingdom of God (Matthew 5:20).
So what’s wrong with the Pharisees and Scribes? They love to PUBLICLY display their righteousness to people. They were “wearing their righteousness outwardly.” When they fast, they want to appear to people fasting (Matthew 6:16). When they repent, they don’t produce the fruit of repentance (Matthew 3:8). When they give alms, they sound a trumpet (Matthew 6:2). And the list just goes on and on.
You get the point. Self-righteousness is more of the outward manifestation rather than an inward conversion of the person.
Sign no 3: Self-righteous people are uncompassionate
Being self-righteous makes you a person without much compassion. Why? Because you see other people full of sins and faults and you don’t understand why they are that way. You have a hard time looking into yourself and REALIZING THAT YOU ALSO HAVE A LOT OF UNCHECKED PROBLEMS. Instead of being compassionate, self-righteous people are very critical of others.
Sign no. 4: Self-righteous people hate and condemn sinners
Whenever you are in the presence of a thief, adulterer, extortionist, or somebody who have committed a horrible sin, does it make you feel uncomfortable? A self-righteous person hates sinners instead of just hating their sins.
JESUS CHRIST LOVES SINNERS. He even ate with tax collectors and talked to them. He spent more time with the perceived sinful people in His day than the Pharisees who are thought to be “righteous.”
The danger with self-righteousness is it makes you believe that you are in the position of God. You CONDEMN people and pass permanent judgment. You determine who will be part of God’s kingdom and who will not.
True righteousness loves the sinner but hates the sin.
Sign no. 5: Self-righteous people love the approval and praises of men
Among the motivations of a self-righteous person is to gain approval from people. He wants to look righteous, so people hold him in high regards. This is exactly what the Pharisees did. They did their alms in front of many people, disfigured their faces when fasting, loved to sit at the best seats in the synagogues, and enjoyed being called with pompous titles, just to name a few.
Sadly, they have their rewards. They have not waited for a far GREATER reward that only God can give them.
Here’s food for thought:
When we do something good, we do it not to show how righteous we are, but instead, WE DO IT TO SHOW HOW AWESOME THE LIVING GOD IS. We do our good deeds so that people “may see [our] good works and glorify [our] Father in heaven” (Matthew 5:16).
cont. part 2
There is nothing wrong with Fundamentalist Beliefs (taking the scripture completely literally), and I believe in the same things Fundamentalist believe in. However, I am at liberty to differ on some secondary doctrine. I was brought up as a Fundamentalist. The Fundamentalist movement started in the late 19 century, early 20th century and it was designed to keep our Christian doctrine from being perverted by the Modern Era. I said in one of my post that my brother was a Pastor, he is a Fundamentalist like myself (WOW imagine that). However, a lot of the Fundamentalist I know (Not all) and even my brother, take scriptures so literal that it robs them of seeing and accepting the true love of Christ in their lives. Not only sad, but can lead to self-righteousness. My brother and I have had many debates, and I will always love him, but he has a condemning personality for one and a few other issues which you will see in the list I provided from the website, www.becomingchristians.com. This only REPELS new/old Christians. We have to remember the Lord Jesus Christ is a very Jealous God. You can memorize the entire Bible, wow, I would be proud! How would this effect your relationship with Jesus, his love in your life? I bet there would be a lot of chances you didn't get to experience his true love because you were so focused on what was gonna make you such an excellent student of his word. All I'm saying is you have to be careful with Fundamentalism. It can easily create a Deadly Sin of Self-Righteousness. Humble yourself and let Jesus lead you, then go study his word. Don't ever place anything higher than the love of Jesus. The pharisees did this. They were so proud of all their knowledge of scriptures, but did not know one ounce of the love of Jesus.
Love you all, even you self-righteous types. The lord Jesus is gonna do a great work in your heart because of this post. He lead me to share this.
PS: Remember I'm not the best communicator lol, but Jesus is ;)
Sign no. 1: Self-righteous people repel others
Have you ever been around a person who made you feel uncomfortable, unrighteous, and guilty because you can see how he OBVIOUSLY show his righteousness? This person constantly rubs on your face his righteous acts and in the process, unconsciously PUT PEOPLE DOWN. As a result, you don’t like to make friends with this person because he has this aura of making you feel spiritually inferior.
That’s exactly what self-righteousness does. IT REPELS PEOPLE. On the other hand, genuine righteousness DRAWS people toward you. Jesus Christ is the perfect example of a righteous Being. He draws people toward Him and not fend them off.
Sign no. 2: Self-righteous people parade their good works
The Pharisees and scribes are the perfect EPITOMAI of self-righteousness. For that reason, Christ ardently reprimanded them. Read Matthew 23, and you will see how many times Christ said, “Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees.” Christ stated that we must exceed the righteousness of these people if ever we want to enter the Kingdom of God (Matthew 5:20).
So what’s wrong with the Pharisees and Scribes? They love to PUBLICLY display their righteousness to people. They were “wearing their righteousness outwardly.” When they fast, they want to appear to people fasting (Matthew 6:16). When they repent, they don’t produce the fruit of repentance (Matthew 3:8). When they give alms, they sound a trumpet (Matthew 6:2). And the list just goes on and on.
You get the point. Self-righteousness is more of the outward manifestation rather than an inward conversion of the person.
Sign no 3: Self-righteous people are uncompassionate
Being self-righteous makes you a person without much compassion. Why? Because you see other people full of sins and faults and you don’t understand why they are that way. You have a hard time looking into yourself and REALIZING THAT YOU ALSO HAVE A LOT OF UNCHECKED PROBLEMS. Instead of being compassionate, self-righteous people are very critical of others.
Sign no. 4: Self-righteous people hate and condemn sinners
Whenever you are in the presence of a thief, adulterer, extortionist, or somebody who have committed a horrible sin, does it make you feel uncomfortable? A self-righteous person hates sinners instead of just hating their sins.
JESUS CHRIST LOVES SINNERS. He even ate with tax collectors and talked to them. He spent more time with the perceived sinful people in His day than the Pharisees who are thought to be “righteous.”
The danger with self-righteousness is it makes you believe that you are in the position of God. You CONDEMN people and pass permanent judgment. You determine who will be part of God’s kingdom and who will not.
True righteousness loves the sinner but hates the sin.
Sign no. 5: Self-righteous people love the approval and praises of men
Among the motivations of a self-righteous person is to gain approval from people. He wants to look righteous, so people hold him in high regards. This is exactly what the Pharisees did. They did their alms in front of many people, disfigured their faces when fasting, loved to sit at the best seats in the synagogues, and enjoyed being called with pompous titles, just to name a few.
Sadly, they have their rewards. They have not waited for a far GREATER reward that only God can give them.
Here’s food for thought:
When we do something good, we do it not to show how righteous we are, but instead, WE DO IT TO SHOW HOW AWESOME THE LIVING GOD IS. We do our good deeds so that people “may see [our] good works and glorify [our] Father in heaven” (Matthew 5:16).
cont. part 2
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