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Judge not without knowledge, nor without necessity

and never without charity.

Judge not without knowledge, nor without necessity

and never without charity.

You can never be too bad for Jesus,

onlytoo good!

You can never be too bad for Jesus,

onlytoo good!

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God took a man who was an accomplice tomurder and a persecutor of the early Christians

and made him the Apostle Paul.

Jesus took a woman who was one of the biggest harlots in town

and made her one of His favorite disciples.

God's idea of righteousnessis often quite different from

our idea of righteousness!

God's idea of righteousnessis often quite different from

our idea of righteousness!

King David was one of the worst sinners that the world has

known, but he was also one of the greatest saints, because he

knew he was totally dependent on the love and the mercy of God

for forgiveness!

King David was one of the worst sinners that the world has

known, but he was also one of the greatest saints, because he

knew he was totally dependent on the love and the mercy of God

for forgiveness!

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It's a sinner who has no perfection, no

righteousness of his own at all, but is totally dependent

on the love and the mercy of God by faith.

It's a sinner who has no perfection, norighteousness of his own at all, but is totally dependent

on the love and the mercy of God by faith.

The only standard ofperfection is:

Do you depend on the

Lord totally, trust Him and

His love and His mercy?

The only standard ofperfection is:

Do you depend on the

Lord totally, trust Him and

His love and His mercy?

True righteousness is

being full of the Lord,

for only He is all right!

True righteousness isbeing full of the Lord,

for only He is all right!

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The Worlds idea of righteousness is

self-righteous perfection.

God's idea of righteousness is the pitiful,

hopeless, lost, humble, loving, repentantsinner who knows he needs God!

The Devils idea of righteousness is

totally the OPPOSITE of God's idea!

This counterfeit idea is the SELF-

righteous, holier-than-thou HYPOCRITE--

the supposedly sinless perfectionist!

The Worlds idea of righteousness is

self-righteous perfection.

God's idea of righteousness is the pitiful,

hopeless, lost, humble, loving, repentantsinner who knows he needs God!

The Devils idea of righteousness is

totally the OPPOSITE of God's idea!

This counterfeit idea is the SELF-

righteous, holier-than-thou HYPOCRITE--

the supposedly sinless perfectionist!

When we feel so righteous and good, it's really becausewe are self-righteous, and not closer to God but closer to

ourselves! So let's forget about trying to be perfect!

Because in this body of flesh we never will be!

Let's just follow the Lord and do the best we can!

When we feel so righteous and good, it's really becausewe are self-righteous, and not closer to God but closer to

ourselves! So let's forget about trying to be perfect!

Because in this body of flesh we never will be!

Let's just follow the Lord and do the best we can!

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Pride is a problem we all have really, it'sone of our main temptations, ALL of us!

What was it that caused the fall of Satan?

PRIDE!

Since pride caused the fall of Satan, it isapparently at the root of all sin!

PRIDE blinds you to LOVE and causes

you to feel that you are better than others

and justified in your unloving attitudes

because you believe youre so right.

Pride is a problem we all have really, it'sone of our main temptations, ALL of us!

What was it that caused the fall of Satan?

PRIDE!

Since pride caused the fall of Satan, it isapparently at the root of all sin!

PRIDE blinds you to LOVE and causes

you to feel that you are better than others

and justified in your unloving attitudes

because you believe youre so right.

God knows you're anything but perfect and

CAN'T be perfect and never will be perfect in

this earthly life, and usually you're pretty

much of a mess, like the rest of us!

God knows you're anything but perfect and

CAN'T be perfect and never will be perfect in

this earthly life, and usually you're pretty

much of a mess, like the rest of us!

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It is only when you get to the pointwhere you are willing to FORSAKE

your pride that you will be in a

position to really grow and mature.

For spiritual maturity is not just amatter of years or time, although

that often helps, but it's a matter of

your connection with God and His

Word, your obedience and your

humility.

Being bound by pride and self-righteousness

can greatly HINDER your spiritual progress.

Pride will really get in your way and hinder and keep

you from growing and learning what God wants to teach

you, and from becoming what He wants you to be.

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They're insulatedThey're insulated

against the real truth,against the real truth,

they already havethey already have

their religion, andtheir religion, and

are so hung up onare so hung up ontheir doctrine thattheir doctrine that

they totally miss thethey totally miss the

heart of the lawheart of the law

which is Love!which is Love!

One reason that the proud and self-satisfiedOne reason that the proud and self-satisfied

never seem to grow spiritually is becausenever seem to grow spiritually is because

even if they read the Word of God, it justeven if they read the Word of God, it just

rolls like water off a duck's back!rolls like water off a duck's back!

One reason that the proud and self-satisfiedOne reason that the proud and self-satisfied

never seem to grow spiritually is becausenever seem to grow spiritually is because

even if they read the Word of God, it justeven if they read the Word of God, it just

rolls like water off a duck's back!rolls like water off a duck's back!

Jesus told them: Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophecy of

you, saying; This people draweth nigh unto Me with their

mouth, and honoureth Me with their lips; but their heart is far

from Me. But in vain they do worship Me, teaching for

doctrines the commandments of men.

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Matthew 15:7-9 (Isaiah 29:13)

Jesus told them: Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophecy of

you, saying; This people draweth nigh unto Me with their

mouth, and honoureth Me with their lips; but their heart is far

from Me. But in vain they do worship Me, teaching for

doctrines the commandments of men.

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Matthew 15:7-9 (Isaiah 29:13)

Just like the Scribes and theJust like the Scribes and the

Pharisees of Jesus day whoPharisees of Jesus day who

knew the Scriptures and theknew the Scriptures and the

Law better than anybody.Law better than anybody.

They were extremelyThey were extremely

religious and righteous inreligious and righteous in

their own eyes but theytheir own eyes but they

rejected and crucified theirrejected and crucified theirMessiah for exposing theirMessiah for exposing their

hypocrisy.hypocrisy.

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A critical spirit and a harsh,

condemning attitude towards

others comes from self-

righteousness!

But if you know you're a messyourself, then you don't go

around looking down on and

criticizing OTHER people for

their mistakes.

But if you think YOU'RE sorighteous, that's when you start

picking on OTHERS.

Some people, the minute

somebody makes a mistakeinstead of being patient and

forgiving, are quick to

condemn. They seem to

forget all the past and all the

good they ever did.

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We ALL need to apply this to ourselves

and learn what that means! We all needto ask Him in all humility to help us

have MERCY on others, knowing that

we ourselves must also be forgiven for

many sins!

Remembering continually what sinnersWE are and how many mistakes

WE'VE made helps greatly to keep us

humble and to avoid that spirit of self-

righteous pride which causes us to

criticize and condemn others.

Jesus said to go back and learn

what God meant when He said,

"I will have mercy"I will have mercy

and not sacrifice."and not sacrifice."Matthew 9:13

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"Judge not, that you be not

judged.

For with what judgment you

judge, you will be judged; and

with the measure you use, it will

be measured back to you.

And why do you look at the

speck in your brother's eye, but

do not consider the plank in

your own eye?Or how can you say to your

brother, 'Let me remove the

speck from your eye'; and look,

a plank is in your own eye?

Hypocrite! First remove theplank from your own eye, and

then you will see clearly to

remove the speck from your

brother's eye.

Matthew 7:2-5

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--The just, legalistic, unforgiving, unloving,

unbending, unmerciful, proud self-righteous?

--The just, legalistic, unforgiving, unloving,

unbending, unmerciful, proud self-righteous?

--Or the merciful, loving,

understanding, forgiving,

humble, unrighteous sinner

saved only by the grace of God?

--Or the merciful, loving,

understanding, forgiving,

humble, unrighteous sinner

saved only by the grace of God?

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