Exodus 3:5 a study of church and the pride of being polite.

"put off thy shoes from off thy feat, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground" We as a culture find it difficult to come to God with ourselves laid bare before men. Even myself. God had sanctified the holy ground of his church. And we come in with "mans" politeness as though it should be placed above God's own rule. This is a form of pride. The ways of being polite are pride in of themselves. The worry that you will be judged by your peers for your disobedience to them. What of the disobedience to God? What say your peers then? The act of saying excuse me is a prideful act in of itself. Because you naturally have the need to bring forth silly sounds. A child laughs at them without contempt. Jesus commanded us to be as little children. These things are not evil, they are gifts of God which can bring smiles to faces just by tweaking the perspective. How would a child view this? Well they would just obey their father, take off their shoes(and socks), and laugh at some fart sounds. It's counted all as joy, not the condemnation like the accuser(The true meaning of the name of Satan). Become not like Satan and repent of your condemnation of the brethren and the ways God made them. Do not abase yourself in the ways of man, raise yourself up as a child of God. I beg of the.

Thank you Lord Jesus.