Self-righteousness and false judgment are the antithesis of what Jesus preached in the New Testament when he said things like, “Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven.” Or, “Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother’s eye.”
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Beyond self-righteousness
Bill Dawley
Reprinted from the July 4, 2005 issue of the Christian Science Sentinel