8 signs of a modern-day Pharisee
Great insight from Frank Viola—
Eight signs of a modern-day Pharisee:
- Pharisees spend more time focusing on what they hate rather than on what they love.
- Pharisees magnify the sins of others while minimizing—or even ignoring—their own.
- Pharisees believe (and spread) accusations against others without ever going to them directly, something you’d insist on if it were you being slandered (Matthew 7:12).
- Pharisees are quick to pass judgment, but slow to inquire and listen to those they’re judging.
- It breaks a Pharisee’s jaw to admit they’re wrong or apologize to those they’ve mistreated.
- Pharisees only hang out with other Pharisees.
- Pharisees impute evil motives to the hearts of others (but are clueless that they’re merely revealing what’s in their own).
- Pharisees cannot tolerate correction, even when it’s given in a spirit of Christ.
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