So, speaking of not being able to distinguish between being 100% wrong and 100% right, the most incredible example of this has to be the Pharisees of Jesus' day.
It is hard to wrap my head around how incredibly wrong they were. For three years they pushed back against every sermon Jesus spoke and every miracle He performed. They took deep offense at His every word. They asked Him snarky questions and set verbal traps for Him. They plotted violence against Him and stirred up crowds. Eventually they succeeded in having Him arrested, bringing Him to trial, seeing Him brutally beaten and ultimately witnessing Him tortured on a cross until He breathed His last breath.
And they felt perfectly RIGHTEOUS every evil step of the way. In fact, they were motivated by a deep conviction that God watched their every move from heaven with profound approval. They were instruments of God's righteous judgment.
Do you know how it feels to be "God's instrument" even as you think and act and speak in ways that are contradictory to God's will?
I bet you do know.
It feels so very right.
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