That act of service yesterday - was it in fact, at root, a matter of creating a perception of you and your virtue? Don't answer too quickly! They way you cheerfully greet those around you today - is it, upon further reflection, mainly fueled by what you want others to think of you? Is it not, as Augustine put it, vice clothed as virtue?
Deeper: Real Change for Real Sinners by Dane C. Ortlund. Crossway. 2021. p.41
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