[ SECRET POST #4175 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #4175 ⌋

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[(Anonymous)]

"Beware of practicing your piety before others in order to be seen by them; for then you have no reward from your Father in heaven. So whenever you give alms, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, so that they may be praised by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward. But when you give alms, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your alms may be done in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.

"And whenever you pray, do not be like the hypocrites; for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, so that they may be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward. But whenever you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you."

[(Anonymous)]

As a Jew, it's stuff like this that makes me have no patience for Jesus. A good deed is a good deed. You brag about fine, you're a douche, but good was still done, and the feeling in your heart about it doesn't affect that good. And when your sins and good deeds are weighed against each other, the good you bragged about is still gonna go into the scale on the side of good. The bragging is not going to be more important.

[(Anonymous)]

I mean, that's a totally fair point of view.

but FWIW, the whole basic concept of weighing the good deeds and the sins in the balance against each other - this is not so much a Christian thing, theologically speaking. It's the sacrifice of Jesus and the intervention of divine grace that leads to salvation (in general, and the precise details of how that takes place vary enormously across different sects and confessions).

[(Anonymous)]

It all ties back into humility, which isn't a strictly christian virtue, but does have a christian take.

Basically, the faithful should be humble in the knowledge that redemption is a gift that wasn't earned. Good works are an outward extension of God's grace. So when arrogant christians call undue attention to how pious and charitable and holier-than-thou they are, it's a sin because the person either genuinely believes that they are more deserving of redemption than anyone else or because they don't have faith that they are truly redeemed and are looking for validation from other people. Either way, it belittles the gift of God's grace.

So, the bragging doesn't turn a good deed into a bad one, but it's symptomatic of something not right with your personal faith.