Are you a different person in private than you are in public?
Do
you worry more about what others do to you than what you do to others? Do you worry more about people giving you respect than you respecting others? Do you worry more about people sinning against you than about your sins against them?
Do
you worry more about how you look or how you are? Is looking righteous more important to you than actually being righteous? Do you evaluate your righteousness by a public opinion poll of your friends?
Do you brag about your righteous deeds or hope people notice your righteous deeds?
Do
you praise godly men far away and distant, but ignore those God has put closest to you?
Do
you hammer the minor points, but ignore the major ones? Do you spend a lot of
time on secondary matters of the faith, but little time on the primary matters
of the faith? Are more worried about the finer points of modesty than you are about mercy? Do you have perfectly balanced budget, but refuse to submit to your husband? Do you bring home a good paycheck, but refuse to sacrifice for your wife when you get home? Do you get great grades in math, but do not obey your parents? Have you studied a lot of theology, but hold those less knowledgeable in contempt?
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