The
Pharisees and the scribes accused the disciples of Jesus of transgressing the
tradition by eating with impure hands,
Jesus
considered their petition as precept of men, i.e. Jesus sees them as people who
take the mere human rules and teachings as doctrine; indeed the Pharisees see
washing of hands as doctrines.
Eventually,
Jesus called them hypocrites, people who say one thing and does another thing
or people who claim to be what they are not.
See the
conversation between Jesus and pharisees, Mark 7:5. The Pharisees and the scribes
asked Him, “Why do your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the
elders, but eat their bread with impure hands?”
6. And He said to them, “Rightly did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites,
as it is written;
THIS PEOPLE HONOR ME WITH THEIR LIPS,
BUT THEIR HEARTS IS FAR AWAY FROM ME,
7. ‘BUT IN VAIN DO THEY WORSHIP ME.
TEACHING AS DOCTRINES THE PRECEPTS OF MEN;
8. Neglecting the commandment of God, you hold to the tradition of men.
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My dear
friends from this scripture I drew my topic “The religion of the heart and the
religion of the lip”.
The religion
of the of the heart is the religion of the true sons and daughters of Abraham
the friend of God, who hold the commandments of God in high esteem, while the
religion of the lip is the religion of the hypocrites, Pharisees and the
scribes, they totally neglected the commandment of God, held on their
traditions and desires, not wanting change.
I write this
to you so that you become aware of piece warning revealed by the Holy Spirit
concerning hypocrisy, so that you will migrate and update to the ‘religion of
the heart’ in case you are still operating and living in the religion of the
lip.
Those
operating in the religion of the lip are just mere tradition keeps walking by
the precepts of men as doctrines, neglecting the commandment of God which
benefits their soul.
The Lord
bless you my noble friends for keeping up to the regard which the Lord esteemed
you.
My ernest
prayer for you today is that, You live within the circumference of the regard
and esteem the Lord has concerning you.
God bless
you my great and noble friends, in Jesus name; amen.