1 In the meantime, when an innumerable multitude of people had gathered together, so that they trampled one another, He began to say to His disciples first of all, “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. 2 For there is nothing covered that will not be revealed, nor hidden that will not be known. 3 Therefore whatever you have spoken in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have spoken in the ear in inner rooms will be proclaimed on the housetops.
WOW! Warning about being religious again....crazy! Hypocrisy, we all have heard it! People calling us hypocrites and using it as an excuse not to go to church.....well this warning was to the Christians. It contrast hypocrisy with what we are speaking in the dark! Its pretty clear! If we aren't watching what we are saying than we are likened to hypocrites or as we call it; religious people!
Last time I looked at religious people we talked about the good Samaritan. The religious person ignored the person dying on the street and the good Samaritan did all he could do to help the person. He took the time to mend the wounds of someone he didn't even know.
Now, we can judge ourselves and see if we are religious not only by how we are reaching to the dieing on the streets but also by the words we are speaking in the secret places.
These aren't my teaching.....this is from the word of God. Don't hate....but appre
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