We sit at the piano of life and insist that every note we strike is right—because we struck it.
We justify want of faith by saying, "I don't go to church, but I am better than those who do"; as one might say, "I don't pay taxes or serve the nation, but I am better than those who do."If each man is his own judge and standard, then who shall say he is wrong?
—Fulton Sheen in Peace of Soul. Christianity Today, Vol. 42, no. 9., Today's Best Illustrations – Volume 5, (Carol Stream, IL: Christianity Today, 1997), WORDsearch CROSS e-book, Under: "JUSTIFICATION".
Deuteronomy 29:19 (NKJV) And so it may not happen, when he hears the words of this curse, that he blesses himself in his heart, saying, 'I shall have peace, even though I follow the dictates of my heart'--as though the drunkard could be included with the sober.
Romans 2:3 (NLT) Since you judge others for doing these things, why do you think you can avoid God’s judgment when you do the same things?
Proverbs 26:12 (NLT) There is more hope for fools than for people who think they are wise.
