If you have the reputation of being somewhat critical, “hard edged”,
and defensive–it may reveal much more than you realize. Believe it or
not, there is a direct and explicit connection between a lack of
confidence in God’s unconditional love for you and your tendency to be
critical, assertive, and defensive. When you function as if God’s love
and acceptance of you depends on your spiritual achievements, your obedience, and your performance, you develop a “defensive assertion of your own righteousness and defensive criticism of others.”
Big thanks to Tom Wood for highlighting these insightful words from Richard Lovelace:
Christians
who are no longer sure that God loves and accepts them in Jesus, apart
from their present spiritual achievements, are subconsciously insecure
persons–much less secure than non-Christians–because they have too much
light to rest easily under the constant bulletins they receive from
their Christian environment about the holiness of God and the
righteousness they are supposed to have. Their insecurity shows itself
in pride, a fierce defensive assertion of their own righteousness and
defensive criticism of others. Continue at Tullian Tchividjian
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