Comes from Dustin Neeley writing at The Resurgence on Justification by Theology....
Our enemy has many weapons in his arsenal.
In ancient times, Satan deceived God's people to prize their knowledge of the Scriptures more than the One behind them. Today, he lures God's people to fall more in love with their theological system than their Savior—a particular danger for our tribe.
To be clear, I am for careful study, theological reflection, and sound doctrinal teaching throughout the church. But let me also caution us in defining ourselves by what we believe—not in a historically "confessional" sense, but in an I'm better than you because I'm Reformed and you're not sense.
I have often fallen into this trap. It is a danger in any group but it is frankly especially prevelant among hard-core Reformed armchair theologians.
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