Contributed by Chris Gowen on Dec 29, 2009
                
                
                
                    DEVOUT VS. RIGHTEOUS
A person might be devout, but not necessarily righteous. During the Christmas season of 2009 a Nigerian terrorist attempted to blow up a plane in Detroit, Michigan. His attempts failed.  He was devoted to his
                    
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                    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Apr 20, 2008
                
                
                
                    THE LAW IS FOR THE SELF-RIGHTEOUS TO HUMBLE THEIR PRIDE. THE GOSPEL IS FOR THE LOST TO REMOVE
                    
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                    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Self-righteous service comes through human effort. True service comes from a relationship with the divine Other deep inside.
Self-righteous service is impressed with the "big deal." True service finds it almost impossible to distinguish the small from the large service.
Self-righteous service
                    
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                    Contributed by Donnie  Martin on Jul 19, 2007
                
                
                
                    	Self-righteous service comes through human effort. True service comes from a relationship with the divine Other deep inside.
	Self-righteous service is impressed with the “big deal.” True service finds it almost impossible to distinguish the small from the large service.
	Self-righteous service
                    
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                    Contributed by Alan Perkins on Mar 28, 2001
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    "Self-righteous service requires external rewards. It needs to know that people see and appreciate the effort. It seeks human applause -- with proper religious modesty of course. Self-righteous service is highly concerned about results. It eagerly waits to see if the person served will reciprocate
                    
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                    Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Apr 1, 2025
                
                
                
                    [071].  A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – EXCERPTS FROM CERTAIN PSALMS PART 2 – PSALMS 81, 37
{{Psalm 7:17 “I will give thanks to the LORD according to His righteousness, AND WILL SING PRAISE to the name of the LORD Most High.”}} 
We have here PART 2 of the postings in illustrations that feature a series
                    
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                    Contributed by Dana Chau on Jun 24, 2003
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    I’ve been reading the book by Don Richardson, "Eternity In Their Hearts."  In the book, Richardson tells of how God implants His plan for mankind’s eternity into their culture.  In one section, he wrote about the difficulty missionaries had in communicating the good news of Jesus Christ to the
                    
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                    Contributed by Kent Kessler on Dec 9, 2006
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Several years ago, missionaries had difficulty in communicating the good news of Jesus Christ to the Chinese people. But one day, there was a breakthrough.
A missionary was studying a particular Chinese ideograph, the one which means "righteous." He noticed that it contained an upper and lower
                    
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