Self-Righteousness
Man is prone to -- Pr 20:6; 30:12. Hateful to God -- Lu 16:15. Is vain because our righteousness is But external. -- Mt 23:25-28; Lu 11:39-44. But partial. -- Mt 23:25; Lu 11:44. No better than filthy rags. -- Isa 64:6. Ineffectual for salvation. -- Job 9:30,31; Mt 5:20; Ro 3:20. Unprofitable. -- Isa 57:12. Is boastful -- Mt 23:30. They who are given to Audaciously approach God. -- Lu 18:11. Seek to justify themselves. -- Lu 10:29. Seek to justify themselves before men. -- Lu 16:15. Reject the righteousness of God. -- Ro 10:3. Condemn others. -- Mt 9:11-13; Lu 7:39. Consider their own way right. -- Pr 21:2. Despise others. -- Isa 65:5; Lu 18:9. Proclaim their own goodness. -- Pr 20:6. Are pure in their own eyes. -- Pr 30:12. Are abominable before God. -- Isa 65:5. Folly of -- Job 9:20. Saints renounce -- Php 3:7-10. Warning against -- De 9:4. Denunciation against -- Mt 23:27,28. Illustrated -- Lu 18:10-12. Exemplified Saul. -- 1Sa 15:13. Young man. -- Mt 19:20. Lawyer. -- Lu 10:25,29. Pharisees. -- Lu 11:39; Joh 8:33; 9:28. Israel. -- Ro 10:3. Church of Laodicea. -- Re 3:17.