The growing prevalence of Pharisaism

by Karyn 24. March 2010 13:25
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Last night, I enjoyed delightful conversation over dinner with an old friend. (She’s not old, our friendship is!) She’s that special kind of friend to whom I can say just about anything. We talked of family and faith, friendships and failures.

Our faith conversation left me refreshed. We agreed that there is much we do not know, and a childlike faith is exactly what God desires from each of us. After all, God said, “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts” ( Is 55:9 ).

Yes, we are to pursue to know Him more. We are to study His Word and seek to understand His truth for life as given to us in His Holy Word. It is in His truth that we find our way, our strength and our hope. But we cannot in our pea-sized brains understand God fully on this side of heaven. Anyone who claims to, I believe, is in danger of Pharisaism.

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Teachable? Stubbornness struggles to its own destruction. But humility seeks advisers and finds wisdom. Ref Pr 13:10

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