And because one topic leads to another, I had several messages about the previous video and the caution that we need to be careful not to spread the word as a miracle or as a spiritual attack. So, I have here a list of things that we will look at one by one and understand through them that none of us are truly Christians. Because I am sure that we will find ourselves in some of them, if not in all of them. Let's get started. So let's start with the first one. The first thing one can say and check oneself against is whether one practices what one preaches. According to Matthew's Gospel 22:3 to 4. If we do not practice what we preach and if we impose rules on others that we ourselves do not observe, then we are unfaithful to God, and what we do is Phariseeism. A second, so let's call it a sign to understand if one is a genuine Christian. Because the genuine Christians are these signs, one can understand whether or not someone is a genuine Christian and will understand that we probably are not. It is when we do things, we do good deeds to be seen by others, to seek the attention of others in an effort to appear holy in front of them. And this is something that is also mentioned in the Gospel according to Matthew in 61 in 6 p 1 to 6 and in 235. A third sign of such Pharisaism is when we treat people or human rules as divine law. When, for example, we become legalists, that is, we add rules that God never gave, elevating human traditions to the same level as God's word and treating them as if they were divine injunctions. This is referred to in Mark's Gospel 7:7e to 9 and 13. Another sign is when we are hypocritical, not in how we hypocritically pretend to be Christians, but in how we really live in sin and hypocrisy. Well, on the outside we look righteous, but on the inside we are corrupt and immoral. Of course, as you understand, one thing leads to another. It is mentioned in Matthew 23 to 25 and 28 and in Luke 12:1. Another sign of Pharisaism, which, unfortunately, living in the world, most of us seek, is that we seek the approval of men over the approval of God. What will the world say the public What will the world say To be pleasing to people, to satisfy others' expectations of us, to seek their pleasure and their reward, and to do this even if it goes against the law and the word of God. Another sign that we can easily detect in ourselves is our pride. Not that everything else is connected to pride, because everything is connected to pride, and this is the main reason for our downfall. When we think we are better than others. That is, we are complacent, believing that we are good people, better than others. We look up to others as if we are superior to them. Better Christians, better people, better in our profession, better in our personal life, better in all. In general, it is a reference that is made in the Catalan gospel by Christ himself in 18:9 and 14. Another sign that many have this too is when we preach the wrath of God and not His love. On the one hand, we have the so-called agapulides who think that there is such a soft spot only in the word of God, and that is not exactly how things are. Yes. God accepts us as we are; he loves us without limits, but there are also some conditions in his word, in his promise, and in his commandments, which we do not keep. But on the other hand, we also have those who only talk about hell, only about judgment, about criticism, about condemnation, and neglect to talk about God's mercy.
faith, and love. This is also mentioned in the writing gospel, but also in the Catalan gospel. In Katamathen at 23 and in Kata Lucan at 11 before.
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