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THE SIN OF SELF RIGHTEOUSNESS. LUKE 18:9-14 TEXT. TRUST SELF. PROV. 3:1-7 – WE ARE TO TRUST IN THE LORD NOT OURSELVES 1 JN. 3:4 – SIN IS TRANSGRESSION AND ALL UNRIGHTEOUSNESS IS SIN PSA. 119:127-128 – SOME WANT TO LEGISLATE WHAT SIN IS TO OTHERS BY “THEIR WORDS”
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THE SIN OF SELF RIGHTEOUSNESS LUKE 18:9-14 TEXT
TRUST SELF • PROV. 3:1-7 – WE ARE TO TRUST IN THE LORD NOT OURSELVES • 1 JN. 3:4 – SIN IS TRANSGRESSION AND ALL UNRIGHTEOUSNESS IS SIN • PSA. 119:127-128 – SOME WANT TO LEGISLATE WHAT SIN IS TO OTHERS BY “THEIR WORDS” • HEB. 10:23-29 – WHEN WE FORSAKE THE ASSEMBLY WE ARE TRUSTING OURSELVES OR THE ADVISE OF OTHERS
DESPISE OTHERS • PROV. 14:21 – THE SELF RIGHTEOUS DESPISES HIS NEIGHBOR • 2 TIM. 3:1-4 – THE SELF RIGHTEOUS MAN DESPISES THOSE THAT ARE GOOD • PHIL. 2:3-8 – DO NOT DESPISE BUT ESTEEM OTHERS BETTER THAN SELF • ROM. 14:3 – THE SELF RIGHTEOUS DESPISES THOSE WITH DIFFERING VIEWS ON MATTERS OF JUDGMENT
FAULT FINDERS • MATT.7:1-5 – SEES CLEARLY THE SIN IN THE LIVES OF OTHERS • LUKE 6:36-38– FAULT FINDERS EXTEND NO MERCY TO FELLOW MAN
BLINDED ABOUT HIS OWN LIFE • LUKE 18:11 – “I THANK THE THAT I AM NOT AS OTHER MEN.” – SINNER • 1 JN. 1:7-9 – HE LIED ABOUT HIS OWN STATUS IN LIFE • MATT. 23:23-28 – PHARISEES WERE BLIND TO THEIR OWN MISTAKES, THEY HAD FORGOTTEN THE FUNDAMENTALS
BRAGS ABOUT WORK ACCOMPLISHED • LUKE 17:10 – WE HAVE ONLY DONE OUR DUTY • PROV. 27:1-2 – BE HUMBLE, LET OTHERS PRAISE YOU • EPH. 2:8-10 – WE ARE WHAT WE ARE BECAUSE OF THE GRACE OF GOD
HUMILITY IS GONE • MICAH 6:8 – GOD REQUIRES US TO WALK HUMBLY • ACTS 20:16-19 – EXAMPLE OF PAUL • 1 COR. 10:31-33 – THIS SHOULD BE OUR GOAL AS CHRISTIANS • JAMES 4:6-10 – GOD’S GRACE IS EXTENDED TO THE HUMBLE