Self-Righteousness

I am a Christian. This word "self-righteousness" have a lot of meaning to me, but mainly negative. It's sad to say that hypocrisy is common amongst religious people. First and foremost I would like to describe my understanding about this "self-righteousness".

Nobody can claim himself or herself righteous except through God. It's because Jesus' sacrifice that we are once again accepted by God and that we can call Him, Abba Father. That all of our sins in the past, present and future are wiped clean before God.
We're all born sinners. Why? Have you ever been so angry at another person that you wished something bad might happen to him or her? Have you ever lust after others that you turn to pornography or paid sex? If you have wealth and power, have you ever thought of misusing it? God is holy. If it's by God's standards, even thinking about doing something bad is a sin. That's why Jesus, as God's only son came to earth to sacrifice himself before God to redeem us back to God. That's the gist of Christianity.

I believe self-righteousness is the core of evil, not money. It's because of self-righteous people who thinks they're in the right that they do what they do irregardless of whatever form of correction or advice from people around them. Eg. Suicide-bombers, Crusade war, Mass-raping in the name of God, etc. 

It's because we're incapable of knowing what is right from wrong, it's because we're incapable of helping ourselves during times of trouble (eg, Cancer, accidents, financial crisis, etc), it's because people will always dissapoint us, that we need God. It's because we're weak that we need a mighty God. Christianity is not a religion, it's a relationship with God. If you follow everything from the do's & don'ts, deep inside you're still hollow and susceptible to the vileness of our heart's desires. That's why even the Pope falls into sexual traps. Pious people still succumbs to greed, power, lust, envy, rage, etc. I'm not saying that I'm a "good" person, that's why I need God in my life. A person who becomes a Christian do not become good overnight but unfortunately most people believe this and started living a live of false modesty. They begin to judge others and began to feel that they are the chosen ones to correct the world. NO! It's through how we live our daily lives that influences the others, not our judgement. When we accept Jesus into our lives, transformation begins but definitely not overnight. And from our effort to have a relationship with God, slowly but surely the fruits of goodness will develop in our lives. Then our lives will become a testimony by itself. The Bible has a saying "it's better for you to judge yourself rather than to judge others". So, a note to all the self-righteous out there, examine & judge yourself thoroughly or just accept everybody else as they are. Now may the peace of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with us till we meet again. Amen.