self-righteousness

Self-righteousness is a very dangerous thing.
As in the previous blog where I need to keep reminding myself about the differences between right/wrong, beliefs, opinions, thoughts, values, traditions, etc. Somehow it is EXTREMELY easy for us to point a finger on someone and said what you do is wrong, forgetting the fact that what they are wrong may be just "wrong according to my values/opionions/thoughts/or actually......wrong". Before you jump to the conclusion and said, "wait! you can't simply say right/wrong is a relative thing", I want to clarify here that what I'm talking about is not the "obvious wrong things against the principles of God, ie love God, love your neighbors". For example, is abortion wrong? or let me ask you again, is abortion wrong when the girl is raped? or is abortion wrong when the girl who was raped is 10 years old?
or another example:before getting married, is holding hands wrong? is kissing wrong? is hugging wrong? is having sex wrong? is living together wrong? is staying in the same room with or without other people wrong?

How about this one: is judging people wrong? gossipping wrong? spreading gossip wrong? listening to gossip wrong?

And ultimately, when we are pointing finger at someone, or criticizing with other people, we have a tendency to forget about how imperfect we actually are! forget about if not were God's grace, we cannot come close to Him at all! If not were God's grace that provide us resources, family, friends, understanding, how can we possible stand here at the position we are right now?

We can do all the right things, all the "righteous" things but having the sense of self-righteousness is a sin in God's standard! Think about in the Bible, who did Jesus despise? Pharisee! Those who don't even know how much pride and self-righteousness in their minds but busy "doing the right thing"!

Why am I seeing pharisees in our church rather than Christ-followers? Why do they easily take someone out and pin them on the cross? Why do they always pick on someone and keep stoning them?
And the most scary thing is may be sometimes I'm one of them!

What is the point of doing 1 month to live, what's the point of going to easter camp, what's the point of going to cell group? when what they do is the contrary to what they believe?

講台上講的大都是對的 做的卻是錯的

上行下效 how can we grow? how can we even proudly say we are God's people?

Lord....have mercy on us.
I am imperfect. I am little, I am hyptocrites sometimes. Sometimes I don't even realise I've gone against You.
Lord help me become more and more like You. Help me see things in Your eyes, not in my sinful eyes, biased by my own flesh.