I have noted before, that the Pharisees and scholars and many other Jews in Jesus' days thought they are more righteous than Jesus, while today, many people think they have more love than God. These are people who probably would tell Jesus:" Don't scold the Pharisees, just tell them nicely", or tell others: "Jesus is a good person, but sometimes he is angry with the pharisees, we don't have to be like him in this way, but we must respect Jesus because he's done so much great things". Of course, many would deny having this kind attitude towards Jesus, because especially now they see Him as God also. They would even say, if we were in Jesus' day, we would do the right things and follow Jesus...My question is, Really? If God didn't reveal what He revealed to us today through the Bible, would we really see Jesus in Jesus' time as we see Jesus today? Remember, Jesus had not died, resurrected back then, He was like a normal human being preaching especially to the Jews. I said to the Jews here because that's the key. Because by God's history with them, if anyone should know, the Jews should be the first to recognize who Jesus really is, based on what God has promised them, yet, many of them had failed even in this.
It is not easy, to have the right holy love as well as righteousness of God.
Without the grace of God, we cannot even do it right.
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Those said they are righteous but have no righteousness inside; These say they have love but have no love inside.