Tullian Tchividjian had some
real good thoughts on self-righteousness yesterday. In addition to the expected (and warranted) warnings for "conservative, buttoned-down, rule-keeping" types, he also included this observation about those who have reacted against such a view of things:
It’s simple: we can become self-righteous against those who are self-righteous. Many younger evangelicals today are reacting to their parents’ conservative, buttoned-down, rule-keeping flavor of “older brother religion” with a type of liberal, untucked, rule-breaking flavor of “younger brother irreligion” which screams, ”That’s right, I know I don’t have it all together and you think you do; I know I’m not good and you think you are. That makes me better than you.” See the irony?
In other words, they’re proud that they’re not self-righteous!
"Those who are confident about their own righteousness are not justified…Unless you consider yourself the worst of sinners – knowing the sinful attitudes of your heart are as dishonoring to a perfectly holy God as any sins can be – you are still learning what it means to be a Christian, because genuine Christians are firmly convinced of the wretchedness of their sin."
