Day 292, Year 1 The Peace That Comes from Being Consistent “So you, too, outwardly appear righteous to men, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.” (Matthew 23:28 NASB) The word “you” in today’s verse might refer to the priests of that time. In addition to being responsible for rituals such as sacrifices, […]
Day 291, Year 1 Avoiding Hidden Contamination “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like graves which are not seen, and the men who walk over them are not aware of them.” (Luke 11:44 NKJV) Some people think that the Bible has many contradictions. For example, yesterday’s verse compared the Pharisees, etc.,
Day 290, Year 1 Ugly Reality “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs which indeed appear beautiful outwardly, but inside are full of dead men’s bones and all uncleanness.” (Matthew 23:27 NKJV) Jesus called the hypocrites in the above verse, who were cleanly clothed and knew the law, “whitewashed
Day 289, Year 1 Reverse Thinking and Actions can Make People Clean “But give that which is within as charity, and then all things are clean for you.” (Luke 11:41 NASB) From one single statement by Jesus, we can see how believers should deal with the impurities in our lives. Basically, Jesus’ prescription is to
Day 288, Year 1 Giving Alms to Others So As To Be Cleansed “But give that which is within as charity, and then all things are clean for you.” (Luke 11:41 NASB) Jesus implied that the sins of the Pharisees, etc., stemmed from the love of money. The solution to the problem of greed is
Day 287, Year 1 The Lord Inside and Outside “You foolish ones, did not He who made the outside make the inside also?” (Luke 11:40 NASB) Several verses in Luke 11 are very similar to Matthew 23. Among them, Jesus pointed out that the core problem of the Pharisees, etc., was a lack of knowledge
Day 286, Year 1 The Way of Purification of Life “You blind Pharisee, first clean the inside of the cup and of the dish, so that the outside of it may become clean also.” (Matthew 23:26 NASB) Societies, cultures, friends, families, and education can all nurture sinfulness in human beings. Out of human weakness, it
Day 285, Year 1 Woe to Those Who Are Clean Outside But Sinful Inside! “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and of the dish, but inside they are full of robbery and self-indulgence.” (Matthew 23:25 NASB) In today’s verse, the contrast between the sinfulness “inside” and
Day 284, Year 1 Could People Swallow a Camel? “You blind guides, who strain out a gnat and swallow a camel!” (Matthew 23:24 NASB) In my opinion, those who guide blindly, much like those who can swallow a camel, possess extraordinary courage or boldness, don’t you think so? They seem to possess a misguided boldness,
Day 283, Year 1 Straining Out a Gnat “You blind guides, who strain out a gnat and swallow a camel!” (Matthew 23:24 NASB) If the faith of believers can activate miracles from God, then the remarkable thing about the Pharisees, etc., at that time was that they could set God aside and perform miracles with
