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NASB | Luke 18:11 "The Pharisee stood and was praying this to himself: 'God, I thank You that I am not like other people: swindlers, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Luke 18:11 "The Pharisee stood [ostentatiously] and began praying to himself [in a self-righteous way, saying]: 'God, I thank You that I am not like the rest of men--swindlers, unjust (dishonest), adulterers--or even like this tax collector. |
Subject: Would this be biblically accurate? |
Bible Note: EdB, You wrote: "It is human nature to judge or compare as you call it. Your right compared to God's righteousness we all stand condemned that is why Christ died for us, it is no longer our righteousness but His. However that does not negate the human instinct to judge using our biases, prejudices, experiences, education, and discernment. Again the judging process is not the problem where the process becomes a problem is what we do with the information once we reach our conclusion." I suggest that the human instinct is not only to judge with our biases, prejudices, experiences, education and discernment (though I shudder to associate these words together in the same context), it is also our instinct to behave in a sinful way. Perhaps if we could offset the biases and prejudices in our judgments of others, then we could more readily use our information in a positive way. I'm not aware of how one would come to a positive active result, when biases and prejudices blemish the discernment. But I must agree that biases and prejudices are part of the carnal human instinct. I just would not attempt to negate the destructive influence that they play into our judgments, and therefore our subsequent actions toward and/or interactions with other people. - 2 Corinthians 5 16 Therefore from now on we recognize no one according to the flesh; even though we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know Him in this way no longer. (NAS95) - Blessings, Reighnskye |