When can a good thing be bad? When it gets in the way of something more important. In this case, our own good behavior can become a bad thing if it leads us to trust in our own goodness rather than the grace of God. Such "goodness" becomes self-righteousness that produces resentment rather than love, entitlement rather than gratitude. We must repent and turn away from making any good thing a substitute for the love of God in Jesus Christ.

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Jesus becomes a stumbling block whenever we make anything, even a good thing like faithful obedience, into a ...