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1. When most people ask someone else a question, they usually will not ask a direct question to get them to the information they really want to know. Instead they will ask other questions and then add the responses to other understandings in order to answer the question they didn't ask.
2. When most people attempt to make what they consider to be derogatory statements, they are usually admitting what they think about themselves.
For instance, when someone calls you self-righteous, it's either true or not.
a) The person making the statement doesn't know one way or the other. They call you self-righteous because they feel less righteous than they wish they were or know they ought to be. This is because they lack self-control and give in to their weaknesses. They do not feel as strong as they wish to be or as strong as they see exhibited in others. They are self-convicted and self-conflicted. Failing at self-correction, anyone that reminds them of this, intentionally or not, is considered self-righteous.
This is usually stated as “You think you're self-righteous.” “Do you think you are better than me?”
Thus, when most people ask questions or make statements, it is more about how they think and feel about themselves.We now look at this a third way, which is really the first way. We are supposed to be self-righteous by checking ourselves before we wreck ourselves. We're supposed to continuously self-correct before our logic checks us by the self-destructive results it produces.
Righteousness respects rights of creation.Righteous people do what's right & just
He that trusteth in his riches shall fall; but the righteous shall flourish as a branch [renewed in winter and awakened in spring]. (Proverbs 11:28)
