Mosaic Boston

The sin of self-righteousness is everyone's blind spot, and the longer you're a Christian, and the more successful you are at growing in personal righteousness, the greater your unwitting bent toward self-righteousness. Self-righteousness is the self-satisfaction of being "better than." We aren't just moral creatures, we're moralistic creatures, and self-righteousness is the default setting of the human heart. We all need to learn to repent of our righteousness, through which we attempt to earn or sustain our standing before God and others.