Uncle Pharisee Wants You!

How To Be A Pharisee Tip #101:  Get so caught up looking righteous that you forget the need to pursue righteousness. 

As I continue to create posts that deal with the human condition of sin, I want to make a very clear distinction between my growing hatred for sin and a self-righteous, Pharisaical attitude. 

It's not natural for us to hate the things our flesh is craving for.  It is natural for us to crave self-piety and a sense of "arrival" in the things of God.  I write about the dangers of sin and their enslaving nature because the more I can expose sin for what it is, the more I become aware of my ever-increasing need for Christ; the more I realize my need for Christ, the less I desire the things of the flesh; the less I indulge in the desires of the flesh, the more I allow Christ to shine through me; the more I allow Christ to shine through me, the less Pharisaical I become; the less Pharisaical I become, the more I can genuinely reach people with the truth about sin and it's enslaving nature. 

It can appear to be a fine-line between legalism and the pursuit of righteousness.  One is sinful; one is necessary.  Don't allow the former to overshadow the latter.