vs2-3 ...The scribes and the Pharisees have seated themselves in the chair of Moses; therefore all that they tell you, do and observe, but do not do according to their deeds; for they say things and do not do them.
amazing that Jesus slams them all the time... but it has nothing to do with what they taught. maybe i'm paranoid, or a "worry" too much or i just think too much... but i've wondered what history would say about the church right now... what history will say about me... what Jesus would say if he were here right now.
no generation of the church has ever set out to go against Jesus. and the pharisees thought they were living for God. they were highly respected and gave themselves to God. yet Jesus said that their converts are twice the sons of hell than they were to start with.
we can look back on the crusades, the puritians, our home churches... with all sorts of judgment. what is the next generation going to say about us. what are people around us saying now. but most importantly, what is God saying now. is he looking down on his church and saying...
vs37 {Oh Church, Church}, who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, the way a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were unwilling.
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