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Originally Posted by mfblume
You put down others to compare yourself with them. You listed what they think and how you don't want to do that. Pharisee and publican all over again.
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Let me ask you a few questions, and I'll use you as an example, okay?
And please don't dance around the questions. A simple yes or no will suffice.
1)You're behind a pulpit preaching about Israel's exodus, and how they saw God's miraculous power, and how they constantly deviated to serving idols and doubting god.
2)You then tell you're congregation that you didn't understand why Israel would revert to idols and doubting
3)You then say that after God manifested himself to you, you wouldn't be like the Israelites turning from God after you've seen God work in your life.
My Questions to you:
1) Are you degrading the Israelites?
2) Are you being arrogant?
3) Are you comparing yourself to the Israelites?
4) Are you superior to the Israelites because you compared yourself to them?
5) Are you arrogant and/or superior because because you wouldn't act like the Israelites?
6) Are you arrogant for delivering a word from God and telling the people not be like the Israelites?
7) If your congregation erected an idol and began to worship it, would you be disappointed at your congregation for emulating the Israelites after you delivered your sermon on of the Israelites?
I'm curious to know your answers.