Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Matthew 21:31


In the Sermon on the Mount Jesus criticizes those people who prayed, gave to the poor, and sought to live according to the Bible, but they did all of those things in order to get acclaim and power for themselves. They believed they had leverage over other and even over God becasue of the good works they did (Matthew 6:7). Jesus tells these "respectable" and "upright" people this..."The tax collectors and the prostitiutes enter the Kingdom before you" (Matthew 21:31).
If that doesn't convict everyone of us , I dont know what could.

"...it was the Church, not the world, who crucified Christ." ~Karl Barth

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