Me, a pharisee???

How alike am I to the Pharisees? More than I wish to admit...and that in itself reveals how my much nature is akin to theirs. I privatize my sins in such a way that I am prone to believe I am okay, committing to acknowledge my spiritual strengths and ignore where I am weak. James, the brother of Jesus, wrote: "Whoever keeps the whole law but fails in one point has become accountable for all of it". I find myself accountable.

Matthew 23:27

English Standard Version (ESV)

²⁷ “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but within are full of dead people's bones and all uncleanness."