The Pharisees Were Offended

 

Matthew 15:7-14

You hypocrites! Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you: “‘These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. they worship me in vain; their teachings are merely human rules. Jesus called the crowd to him and said, “Listen and understand. What goes into someone’s mouth does not defile them, but what comes out of their mouth, that is what defiles them.” Then the disciples came to him and asked, “Do you know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this?” He replied, “Every plant that my heavenly Father has not planted will be pulled up by the roots.  Leave them; they are blind guides. If the blind lead the blind, both will fall into a pit.”

Ego, who really is ego-disease free when there is obedience to the sinful nature of the Devil in them, instead of obedience to God the Holy Spirit? God the Holy Spirit reminds us everything about the divine nature of Christ and how it can be formed in us. He encourages us so that Christ's divine nature is fully formed in us. How many of us fully obey His leading towards full Christformation in us? What we sow, will be what we will reap out of our obedience to Him. There are no short-cuts but only a "narrow door" to enter the kingdom of God through Christformation. Believing in Christ should see the end-result of Christformation in you through the help of God the Holy Spirit.