Be delivered from the psychological need to be seen as a GOOD person...
They called Jesus a good man and He quickly rejected the title... There's a reason why Jesus refused to be labeled a GOOD man by Bad people...
Number 1 - when you give people the power to validate you, you also give them the power to 'invalidate' you. In other words, if I give you the power to call me a good man, you will reserve the power to call me a BAD man the day I stop doing what made you call me a good man.
Number 2 - a real good man doesn't need anyone's validation. It's their nature. It's who they are. They don't need you to tell them who they are. It's bad people who do good things just to be labeled good people... Beware of such.
If you really want to be free like Christ, don't be under pressure to appear as a good person to everyone.
Be you...
Get angry when you need to...
Flog merchants out of the temple when necessary...
Break the law of Sabbath when you need to...
Just be you.... And if anyone tries to call you A GOOD MAN, tell them "No, we don't bow to such emotional blackmail here... I'm not a good man.... I am who I am".
