Devil's Advocate | Responding to Moral Outrage

Published: June 28, 2020, 5:11 p.m.

At various times in his ministry, Jesus encounters the Pharisees, a strict sect of Jews that looked similar to a modern day grassroots political pressure group. They butted heads with Jesus because the kingdom he was bringing conflicted with their moral vision for Israel.

Jesus has harsh rebukes for the Pharisees, and they remain potent for moralism today, whatever form it takes. In this message, Pastor Joel examines how Christians can find righteousness that doesn't come from the "look at how righteous I am" mentality many have on social media, but in the faithfulness of the Righteous One, Jesus.