Our value is not based on how much money we have or how much we have accomplished. It is not based on any rituals we practice or how much we give to the poor.
Romans 12:1-2 "1 Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship. 2 Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to discern what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God."
Those who hold themselves in high esteem because of their accomplishments, appearances or rituals have forgotten that these things do not gain us heaven nor do they make us a better person.
2 Thessalonians 2:14-16 "…14 To this He called you through our gospel, so that you may share in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. 15 Therefore, brothers, stand firm and cling to the traditions we taught you, whether by speech or by letter. 16 Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself, and God our Father, who by grace has loved us and given us eternal comfort and good hope,…"
Only those traditions God gave us are of any value, all else is useless.
Perhaps we ought to stop attempting to make people proud of us and begin being humbled that God has saved us.
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