THE RELIGION OF THE HEART AND THE RELIGION OF THE LIP.

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. NASV

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.