Our Attraction to Self Righteousness!

The clearest indication of the fall of Adam and therefore the greatest danger to Christians, I believe is found primarily in our attraction to self-righteousness. It is not the lack of obedience or commitment; it is not bad theology or the violation of the commands of God. No, it is our need to be right; to appear to be good and to correct the sin of the world. That child of God is the clearest sign of our sin nature. May I say it was not the prostitutes or the winos that received Jesus’ harsh words. It was the religious people of that day whose purpose was to be good and to be perceived as good.
Jesus said to them in Matthew 23; “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but within are full of dead people’s bones and all uncleanness. So you also outwardly appear righteous to others, but within you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness” (verses 27-28).
It is so easy to forget where He found us. It is also easy to forget how He loves us. Peter wrote, “Once you were not a people, but now you are God’s people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy” (1 Peter 2:10). In other words, child of God don’t forget, where He found you, and don’t forget that He loves you. You think about that.