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Matthew 23:23-26
"Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You give a tenth of your spices--mint, dill and cummin. But you have neglected the more important matters of the law--justice, mercy and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former. You blind guides! You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel. "Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence. Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and dish, and then the outside also will be clean.
The world always try to justify their greed and self indulgence, openly claiming they have valid reasons to live such lives. What will the outcome be of living such lives?The outcome will be hypocrisy. If the inside is referred to as 'cup and dish', mustn't they be filled to the brim after it has been cleaned. Is it enough if it is clean, if you do not start using it for it's actual purpose? The actual purpose of that 'cup and dish' is full Christformation, where the divine nature of Christ is fully formed in you. If you do not choose full Christformation in you and leave the 'cup and dish' unused for their actual purpose intended, the enemy will come and take over the 'cup and dish'. He will make the 'cup and dish' that is already clean and fill it with filth, seven times worse than there was in the beginning. Why this happens? You simply wanted God's grace freely given to you but did not want to obey everything Christ had commanded. His grace you want but His Lordship over your life you do not want. You stubborn and rebellious brood! You still want the Devil to rule you, so you keep obeying the sinful nature of the Devil in you. How stubborn and rebellious you are? On the outside, for a show, you pretend like you belong to Christ. With the title 'Hypocrite' in front of your name will be the best way to describe and address you. On the outside, you are doing everything financially right, so that's enough, you openly boast. Since you worship your idol called 'Money', do you think that God who created this world and everything in it is an idol also. Do you think that He is blind as an idol and cannot see what is inside of you; greed and self-indulgence that are self destructive? They destroy others around you too, if you practice them! Must you be repeatedly warned of these things, again and again?
Jeremiah 13;10
These wicked people, who refuse to listen to my words, who follow the stubbornness of their hearts and go after other gods to serve and worship them, will be like this belt--completely useless!
