Hindering
Hypocrisy
The Bible says, “And the Lord said unto him, Now do ye
Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of ravening and wickedness. Ye
fools, did not he that made that which is without make that which is within also? But rather give alms of such things as ye
have; and, behold, all things are clean unto you. But woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and all manner of
herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of God: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone. Woe unto
you, Pharisees! for ye love the uppermost seats in the synagogues, and greetings in the markets. Woe unto you, scribes and
Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are as graves which appear not, and the men that walk over them are not aware of
them.” Luke 11:38-44 (KJV)
Have you checked the labels on your grocery items lately? You
may be getting less than you thought. Some manufacturers are selling us the same size packages we are accustomed to, but they
are putting less of the product in the box. You pick up a bag of your favorite chips, potato, corn, puffs, or whatever, and
the bags are bloated as though filled to the top. Then you open them and marvel that someone must have eaten about half of
the bag already. Our coffee k-cups have been $19.99 for a long time. However, where there used to be 80 k-cups in a box, the
same sized box, at the same price, now only has 75 k-cups.
How something is wrapped doesn't
always show us what's on the inside. That's true with people as well. We can wrap ourselves up in the same packaging every
day; nice clothes, big smile, friendly demeanor; yet still be less than what we appear to be.
Do we have pharisaical behavior and appearances? Do the lost see us as we really are and therefore do not desire to
accept Christ Jesus and be called a “Christian”? let’s encourage one another to live lives where our yea’s
are yea and our nay’s be nay. Let’s not do damage to the cause of Christ!
Daily Chronological Bible Reading: Matthew 12:22-50; Luke 11
