Jesus said-
But woe unto you,
scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against
men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering
to go in.
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He was very ADAMANT
as He spoke these words and Jesus wasn't speaking just to the scribes and
Pharisees… but the HYPOCRITES as well! A hypocrite- one who is preaching one
thing and turning around and doing another.
The scribes and Pharisees were hypocrites for sure, but hypocrites are
not only scribes and Pharisees but many others. You do not need to be a scribe
or Pharisee in order to be a hypocrite.
Yes, I'll concede that our Savior was pointing out the scribes as
Pharisees as being hypocrites and rightfully so. He was preaching the TRUTH to
all those listening to Him, the multitudes listening to His words. And He
wasn't tippy toeing around the truth. Jesus told these men who were supposed to
be bringing the people closer to God that they were SHUTTING UP THE KINGDOM OF
HEAVEN! He told them that they would NOT
go into heaven themselves and they were preventing others from going in too.
And He said - WOE unto you. And that WOE does not bode well at all for
them.
Jesus said-
Woe unto you,
scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and for a
pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.
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WOE to them again!
Why? Because they devoured widow's houses.
What does that mean? It means the very ones they were supposed to be
helping they were hurting!
WOE to them because
they used pretense making LONG prayers thinking this was a good thing, when it
was all done SELFISHLY. They were DAMNED for their ways! And it is very safe to
say that all who follow in their ways are damned along with them.
Jesus said-
Woe unto you,
scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one
proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than
yourselves.
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WOE to them yet
again! Why? Because they go to great lengths to make another one just like they
are and that person is even more damned than they are! Deceived!
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Jesus wasn't holding
back at all He wanted the deceivers to KNOW HE knew they were deceptive. He
knew their hearts! He knew their thoughts!
Just imagine how
their hearts must have burned as they were confronted with the TRUTH. Their hatred for Jesus is what burned inside
them and it burned because they LOVED their darkness.
How often we deny
our own fault because we love them. Seriously. We cherish our sins and try to
call them GOOD, not evil. We don't want to be called out on our evil ways we'd
rather they were just ignored so we can continue on in them unimpeded by our own
conscience.
The scribes and
pharisees hated Jesus revealing their evil hearts and their hatred kept them
from ever accepting truth.
We have to be
careful our hatred of giving up our evils doesn't keep us from truth. We MUST
want the truth over all as it reveals ALL our evil, so we may repent of that
evil. Please LORD, PLEASE let us desire only TRUTH above all. Help us KEEP from
cherishing sin, all sin!
We do NOT want to be
like the scribes and pharisess, we do NOT want to be hypocrites.
Please LORD please
keep us from all EVIL in all its disguises.
By the GRACE of GOD,
bless us! All in Jesus' name!
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