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I'm Not A Pharisee, Am I? (Quick Hit!) · Provoke & Inspire Podcast

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  Speaker 1: Famous tattoo influencer, kat Von D, gave her life to Jesus, but just wait until you hear how Christians respond.
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  Speaker 1: Hey guys, my name is Ben Pierce and this is provoking inspired quick hit, where I look at a relevant and trending topic in culture and ask the question what would Jesus think and what would Jesus do?
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  Speaker 1: We mobilize all followers of Jesus to reach people who would not walk into a church.
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  Speaker 1: All right, let's go.
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  Speaker 1: Kat Von D is a famous tattoo artist known for her work on the TLC reality show LA Inc.
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  Speaker 1: Until recently, she was heavily involved in witchcraft and the occult, but a year ago, she started a journey that culminated in her giving her life to Jesus.
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  Speaker 1: She posted a video of her baptism online and more than 5 million people watched it.
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  Speaker 1: Now, the fallout among her largely secular audience was predictable, but bizarrely, she was also met with skepticism and doubt from Christians.
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  Speaker 1: She took to her Instagram account to share how they had accused her of staging her baptism for attention and had criticized her pagan appearance.
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  Speaker 1: Other commentators rejected the validity of the ceremony because her hands never went under the water.
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  Speaker 1: What you can't annoy Jesus more than this kind of behavior.
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  Speaker 1: In his short time on earth, he encountered all sorts of immorality and corruption, and yet he reserved his harshest anger for the judgementalism of the Pharisees and religious elite.
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  Speaker 1: In Matthew 2327, he says what do you teach us of the law in Pharisees?
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  Speaker 1: You hypocrites?
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  Speaker 1: You are like whitewashed tombs which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of the bones of the dead and everything unclean.
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  Speaker 1: I don't know about you, but I am nothing like those Pharisees.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, what idiots.
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  Speaker 1: I only judge those who judge others.
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  Speaker 1: Oh wait, I'm confused.
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  Speaker 1: Maybe I am guilty.
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  Speaker 1: Also Look like pride or arrogance.
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  Speaker 1: No one ever thinks they are susceptible to engaging in it, and yet we almost all certainly are.
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  Speaker 1: Paradoxically, judgementalism is as hidden as it is ubiquitous.
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  Speaker 1: I often speak at churches and recently I reviewed a talk I had given on evangelism.
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  Speaker 1: In it I shared that no matter how attractive we make our services or how entertaining our sermons, people are not coming to us.
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  Speaker 1: We have to go to them.
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  Speaker 1: The content was right, but my heart was not.
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  Speaker 1: My words were harsh and my tone was unloving.
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  Speaker 1: The message gave off a I am better than you, vibe, because frankly, that's how I felt as I listened to my own message.
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  Speaker 1: I was embarrassed.
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  Speaker 1: I was a Pharisee and I didn't even realize it.
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  Speaker 1: So what's the answer?
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  Speaker 1: Do we just swear off all judgment?
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  Speaker 1: I don't think so.
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  Speaker 1: Sinking into the mire of relativism is not the answer and, honestly, it's not something we can even live out.
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  Speaker 1: It's not about whether we should judge, it's about how we do it.
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  Speaker 1: Jesus strongly opposes judgmentalism because it's antithetical to the cross.
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  Speaker 1: By dying for the sins of the world, jesus eliminated all bragging rights.
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  Speaker 1: No one can boast, all fall short and everyone is in debt to what he did.
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  Speaker 1: When I really come to understand this, it revolutionizes how I view others.
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  Speaker 1: I still see right and wrong, even in other people, but having a holier than thou attitude becomes impossible.
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  Speaker 1: There is a critical distinction between judgment and judgmentalism, and it was the latter that invoked the wrath of Jesus.
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  Speaker 1: Look, let's love people enough to tell them what's true, but let's do it as fellow struggleers.
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  Speaker 1: I pray that the cross would be fixed in front of my eyes as a constant reminder of what Jesus did for me, so that when I feel led to point out someone else's attitudes or actions that are wrong, it would be with great fear and trembling.
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  Speaker 1: But of course, that won't be necessary because I never judge anyone right, all right.
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  Speaker 1: Well, that's it for Provoke and Inspire Quick Hit.
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  Speaker 1: I hope you enjoyed this.
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  Speaker 1: Share this episode with someone if you feel like they need to hear it, but don't judge them, obviously.
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  Speaker 1: Just do it humbly.
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  Speaker 1: If you love this content, please share it, please review it, leave a comment, all those things, otherwise I'll talk to you next time, peace.