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HE CARES FOR THE TOTAL MAN

8^TH ,MAY 2022

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:1 Samuel 23-24

TEXT: Luke 11:37-54

37 And as He spoke, a certain Pharisee asked Him to dine with him. So He went in and sat down to eat. 

38 When the Pharisee saw it, he marveled that He had not first washed before dinner.

39 Then the Lord said to him, “Now you Pharisees make the outside of the cup and dish clean, but your inward part is full of greed and wickedness. 

40 Foolish ones! Did not He who made the outside make the inside also? 

41 But rather give alms of such things as you have; then indeed all things are clean to you.

42 “But woe to you Pharisees! For you tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass by justice and the love of God. These you ought to have done, without leaving the others undone. 

43 Woe to you Pharisees! For you love the best seats in the synagogues and greetings in the marketplaces. 

44 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like graves which are not seen, and the men who walk over them are not aware of them.”

45 Then one of the lawyers answered and said to Him, “Teacher, by saying these things You reproach us also.”

46 And He said, “Woe to you also, lawyers! For you load men with burdens hard to bear, and you yourselves do not touch the burdens with one of your fingers. 

47 Woe to you! For you build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them. 

48 In fact, you bear witness that you approve the deeds of your fathers; for they indeed killed them, and you build their tombs. 

49 Therefore the wisdom of God also said, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they will kill and persecute,’ 

50 that the blood of all the prophets which was shed from the foundation of the world may be required of this generation, 

51 from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah who perished between the altar and the temple. Yes, I say to you, it shall be required of this generation.

52 “Woe to you lawyers! For you have taken away the key of knowledge. You did not enter in yourselves, and those who were entering in you hindered.”

53 And as He said these things to them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to assail Him vehemently, and to cross-examine Him about many things, 

54 lying in wait for Him, and seeking to catch Him in something He might say, that they might accuse Him.

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KEY VERSE: Luke 11:40

“Ye fools, did not he that made that which is without make that which is within also?”

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

When He works on your heart, your character will be transformed.

THE MESSAGE:

If a holy God made man in His own image, then it would be unthinkable that He would prefer one part of man to be holy and the other untended in the direction of righteousness. But the Almighty fashioned both the outer segment of man to be as holy as the inner being. It is hypocritical to claim that God is only keen on the inside (heart) and not the outward. Such attracts condemnation.

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A Pharisee exposed this hollow nature of his sect when the Lord honoured his invitation to dine in his house. He criticised Jesus that “he had not first washed before dinner.” In His reaction, the Lord denounced the pharisaical pursuit of religiosity by the observance of codes and ceremonies instead of dealing with the wickedness in their souls. They enjoyed habits that gave the impression they were pleasing God, but their hearts brewed acts that broke His rules and killed His prophets.

If one is holy in the heart, it would manifest in his external being. Man should first release his heart to God for cleansing from sins. His inner perfection would then be manifested by outward obedience to His Creator.

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At salvation, the Lord transforms our heart and makes us tuned for good external works; at sanctification, He purges the soul to produce holy acts. The Lord is interested in both the purity of our hearts as much as He is in our outward performance. We must not be like the Pharisees who invested on the physical body rather than on the heart.

DO HAVE A BLESSED DAY

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