Where it Counts
Scripture: matthew 23:27-28 27 "What sorrow awaits you teachers of religious law and you Pharisees. Hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs—beautiful on the outside but filled on the inside with dead people's bones and all sorts of impurity. 28 Outwardly you look like righteous people, but inwardly your hearts are filled with hypocrisy and lawlessness." Observations: Days before Jesus went to the cross, He delivered one of the most blatant indictments ever to the spiritual leaders of His day. His biggest complaint was not that they didn't study the bible, tithing, lack of prayer, worship attendance, or evangelistic campaigns. They were doing all the right things to look spiritual, but missing the entire point. After spending over three years dealing reglarly with prostitues, theives, and the worst "sinners", Jesus never even came close to rebuking any one of them the way He did the pharisees. What made the difference? Pride. The Pharisees had develope...