{
  "id": "MTOM-0026",
  "title": "Push Self-Belief",
  "slug": "push-self-belief",
  "url": "https://ai-bible-commentary.com/modern-traditions-of-men/push-self-belief/",
  "category": "Holiness and Obedience",
  "severity": 3,
  "severity_label": "Level 3 - Serious doctrinal or moral error",
  "danger_type": "self_confidence_replaces_crucifixion_of_self",
  "status": "full_depth_wave3_draft",
  "summary": "Self-belief sounds empowering, but Scripture locates the believer's confidence in God, not in the autonomous self.",
  "primary_scriptures": [
    "Luke 9:23",
    "Jer 17:5-9",
    "Gal 2:20",
    "Phil 3:3-9",
    "2 Cor 3:5"
  ],
  "key_terms": "sarx [flesh]; kauchaomai [boast]; stauroo [crucify]; pepoithesis [confidence]",
  "related_topics": [
    "therapeutic-gospel-treating-the-gospel-mainly-as-emotional-healing-and-self-acceptance",
    "faith-treated-as-optimism",
    "hope-treated-as-positive-thinking",
    "middle-class-comfort-treated-as-normal-christianity"
  ],
  "wave": "Wave 3 - Salvation and Holiness Distortions",
  "translation_tooltips": "NET Bible local hover tooltips generated from local site data",
  "generated": "2026-06-12T15:29:20.024074+00:00"
}