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Thursday, November 22, 2007
Greater Punishment
All the people listened to Jesus. Jesus said to his
followers, "Be careful of the teachers of the law. They like
to walk around wearing clothes that look important. And they
love for people to show respect to them in the market places.
They love to get the most important seats in the synagogues.
And they love to get the most important seats at the feasts.
But they are mean to widows and steal their homes. Then they
try to make themselves look good by saying long prayers. God
will punish these people very much."
-- Luke 20:45-47 (ERV)
KEY THOUGHT:
Three great sins are pronounced upon the religious leaders of Jesus'
day: first, they are pretentious, loving to be recognized as important
religious people; second, they cheat the helpless in society they are
supposed to protect; and, third, they are hypocrites and try to cover
this hypocrisy by seeming to be pious. Those of us who are so invested
in living our faith passionately need to know that God is pleased with
our passion. However, our Heavenly Father does not want us to make a
big show of our religious zeal, especially when we find ways to justify
living in contradiction to his revealed will for us in Scripture.
TODAY'S PRAYER:
Father, may I never ever again be guilty of the Pharisees' sins!
Forgive me, dear God, for those times when I've wanted to appear
religious, but lived my life in hypocrisy and sin. Through your blessed
and powerful Holy Spirit, conform me to be more like your Son each day.
In Jesus' name. Amen.
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