Our paragraph topic is: (Their hypocritical purity) Part 4.
He had to teach them. He had to help them to understand where they were. He had to break through the darkness inside, to open a door so that they might have light to see what was inside. They only cleansed the outside and thought they were pure. But on the inside they were full of dirt and uncleanness. All kinds of iniquities had taken over on the inside and they believed that it was okay to appear this way. This was their purity on the inside and Christ had to teach them to see the truth of what was really inside.
So he called them out. He told them they were impure. He told the Pharisees they were like whited graves full of rotted bones on the inside, painted white on the outside to look clean. This was the religion they practiced. He told them: "Clean first the inside of the cup and of the dish, that the outside too may be clean."
Clean the inside first. Get all the garbage out of the inside. Clean the mind, clean the thoughts, clean the actions, do right, do no wrong, speak good of your neighbors, be at peace with yourself and others, love your neighbor as yourself, hold fast to the beliefs given us by Christ as handed down through his teachings.
There is so much that we must live with in this world in accordance with Christian beliefs. Life does not offer opportunity to live according to the teachings of Christ. There are times when we will be tempted. Times when we will be put to the test to do otherwise. There will be times when we must ask for forgiveness for not having the strength to follow our beliefs. Yet if we can remember our teachings we can come back to the path we are given and seek his mercy to return to his wisdom of life for us.
Surrender to his will and peace will be yours. Seek to know his purpose for your life and you will find your way. He came to unlock the chains of bondage to free us from slavery to sin. He came to teach us how to live a life of peace and love, a life of knowledge and understanding. He came to light the path that we may know the way to his kingdom, the path to the Father.
Seek the knowledge that he has left for us to know. Understand the wisdom that is within you to see. Trust in the spirit that connects you to his love and to the Father, the creator of all things. For he is the fulfillment of all desire and all joy and all happiness and desires of the soul.
Read the sign of the times! Read the Highlighted New Testament Bible and lift the scales from your eyes that you may see, that you may know, that you may find the truth of who you are in Christ. Read it as though you would read a good book, from cover to cover, and see for yourself. Do not study it in parts reading one passage nd then skipping to another, but read it for understanding. Read it for knowledge. Read it for faith. Read it that your eyes may be opened, that your ears may hear, that your heart may be filled with the light of Christ . The Holy Spirit awaits you. Christ seeks to know you. Open the door and let him in.
He had to teach them. He had to help them to understand where they were. He had to break through the darkness inside, to open a door so that they might have light to see what was inside. They only cleansed the outside and thought they were pure. But on the inside they were full of dirt and uncleanness. All kinds of iniquities had taken over on the inside and they believed that it was okay to appear this way. This was their purity on the inside and Christ had to teach them to see the truth of what was really inside.
So he called them out. He told them they were impure. He told the Pharisees they were like whited graves full of rotted bones on the inside, painted white on the outside to look clean. This was the religion they practiced. He told them: "Clean first the inside of the cup and of the dish, that the outside too may be clean."
Clean the inside first. Get all the garbage out of the inside. Clean the mind, clean the thoughts, clean the actions, do right, do no wrong, speak good of your neighbors, be at peace with yourself and others, love your neighbor as yourself, hold fast to the beliefs given us by Christ as handed down through his teachings.
There is so much that we must live with in this world in accordance with Christian beliefs. Life does not offer opportunity to live according to the teachings of Christ. There are times when we will be tempted. Times when we will be put to the test to do otherwise. There will be times when we must ask for forgiveness for not having the strength to follow our beliefs. Yet if we can remember our teachings we can come back to the path we are given and seek his mercy to return to his wisdom of life for us.
Surrender to his will and peace will be yours. Seek to know his purpose for your life and you will find your way. He came to unlock the chains of bondage to free us from slavery to sin. He came to teach us how to live a life of peace and love, a life of knowledge and understanding. He came to light the path that we may know the way to his kingdom, the path to the Father.
Seek the knowledge that he has left for us to know. Understand the wisdom that is within you to see. Trust in the spirit that connects you to his love and to the Father, the creator of all things. For he is the fulfillment of all desire and all joy and all happiness and desires of the soul.
Read the sign of the times! Read the Highlighted New Testament Bible and lift the scales from your eyes that you may see, that you may know, that you may find the truth of who you are in Christ. Read it as though you would read a good book, from cover to cover, and see for yourself. Do not study it in parts reading one passage nd then skipping to another, but read it for understanding. Read it for knowledge. Read it for faith. Read it that your eyes may be opened, that your ears may hear, that your heart may be filled with the light of Christ . The Holy Spirit awaits you. Christ seeks to know you. Open the door and let him in.
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