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What Does It Mean to Be ‘Overly Righteous’?

Ask Pastor John

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Be Not Overly Righteous, Just Fool, Solid, Normal, Wicked

Ecclesiastes says, b not overly wicked, neither be a fool. Why should you die before your time? I can't help but think that he provided this audacious parallel to being overly righteous in order to draw out how wrong it would be to interpret the previous verse any other way than ironic. Beware of people who latch on to unclear texts to justify worldly behavior. This is not the evidence of biblical wisdom, biblical righteousness.

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