Title: People who have made themselves righteous!
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Sunday day sermon
Text: Luke 18:9-14
Title: People who have made themselves righteous!
The Bible says, “There is no one righteous in this world, not even one.” But now the world is overflowing with righteous people. To be righteous means, first, that he must be free from any sin; second, he must never lean toward the left or right; and third, he must not find any fault in himself.
But, in this world, there is no person in this world who will say that he is innocent, who will never be shaken in front of money, power, or honor, and no matter how good he is, there is no one in this world who will not be dusted off. Despite this reality, there are many who believe in themselves as righteous.
“The righteous” is known as a name that appears only in the Bible, but there are many righteous people in this world. The pronouns of the righteous in the Bible are the Pharisees who kept the law as if it were their own life at that time. However, they were not the only ones who pretended to be righteous, and even today, there are many people around us who pretend to be righteous like them.
At that time, the Pharisees believed themselves to be righteous, saying that they kept the law that no one could easily keep, even among the same Israelites. Today, Christians also believe in themselves as righteous out of the pride that they are the only ones who believe in Jesus compared to non-believers. However, when Jesus came, the Pharisees were not recognized as righteous, but rather as children of vipers. If so, those who believe themselves to be righteous today are also the same children of Satan as the Pharisees.
“The righteous” is not only in believers. Even among those who live as unbelievers, there are those who live by pretending to be righteous. If we look at the aspects of people who live their lives pretending to be righteous, first, they like to expose themselves in front of people, or they do something in secret because they do not want to reveal themselves in high-level operations. And the second is that you have something that others do not have. The third is that they behave completely differently on the outside and inside.
The name of the righteous is expressed in various ways in the world. dope or arrogant Or express arrogance and disrespect. This is because all the things humans show these behaviors are personifying themselves. For example, while a farmer is farming, he never uses pesticides under any circumstances and is only farming without pollution. However, when the person who came to buy it dislikes the produce he made, he gets angry and closes the door saying that he will never sell the produce to you who hate him.
In this case, too, he shows such absurd behavior because he is obsessed with the righteousness of being absolutely honest. So will he be honest in other areas as well? Thousands of words Since he was the same criminal, he would use all his brains to pay even a penny less in taxes, and he would have violated countless laws while driving or in public places. where would that be? However, because this person considered himself righteous because he had never applied pesticides to agricultural products, he was ignoring people who hated him.
Where in our society can these farmers be the only ones like this? Celebrities, athletes, religious people, powerful people, artists, wealthy people, etc., countless people consider themselves righteous. As I said above, it was said that the righteous should never be biased toward the left or the right under any circumstances. And he said that in order to be praised as a righteous man, he must not find any flaws in himself. However, this farmer is acting like a righteous man by keeping only one or two of the ten laws.
If a farmer really needs to be angry with those who hate him, he must be honest in other ways. But that too is not honest in other areas. Therefore, if he is aware of his weaknesses, even at least an eyebrow, he should be able to fully understand those who dislike him and persuade them in an orderly manner. However, he knew how to assert his own logic and had no consideration for the other party. Such a person is the one who considers himself righteous.
But there was only one righteous man in this world, and that was Jesus Christ, the Son of God. He was not born of human blood, so he could not find any flaws in him, and he had no sin in him, and he did not under any circumstances condemn human beings. And because the righteous have faith in God, they must be willing to give their life like Jesus. If there is a person who does not live like Jesus and considers himself righteous, he is a child of Satan.
Therefore, there is not a single person on this earth who will live such a life as Jesus did. In order to live as a righteous man like Jesus, it is possible only when a man dies once because of the sin that Adam sinned and is reborn as the Spirit of Jesus Christ. In Galatians 3:11, Paul said, “It is clear that man cannot be justified by the law, for the righteous shall live by faith. It paradoxically explains that it is possible only when we believe in Christ, who is the righteous.
I do not say that I believe that I believe in Christ with theory or with my mouth, but I say that I believe only when I realize what I believe in my body. According to the same principle, “If you make bread with your mouth, Joseon will be able to eat it all.” How can anyone not say that they believe in Jesus? However, in order to achieve that Jesus in the body that gave birth, the existence of the kingdom must die once because of sin and be reborn in Christ. Only then will we be able to stand in the ranks of the righteous at the last resurrection. However, even though Christ has not been formed in my body, acting like a righteous person with the word of mouth is only bringing about the wrath of God.