A couple of weeks ago we started focusing on the message Jesus gave to the religious leaders about their hypocrisy. These Pharisees and teachers of the Law were given seven woes, each one showing us even more about what it truly means to be reflection of Christ.
Out first topic was on how easy it is to qualify people as human waste. "Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the door of the kingdom of heaven in people's faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let those enter who are trying to." (Matthew 23:13 NIV) The leaders were guilty of piling on rules and obligations to new believers and when they couldn't live up to them perfectly, they would point out how much closer to God they were and how condemned these new believers were for not being able to keep up. How many times have I been guilty of showing people how to be a Christian, and after show them how they're not living up to my standards?
No comments:
Post a Comment