Love you all, praying for you…
I just love God’s Word – it is so real, so transparent. It tells you what really happened, and it shows you like Solomon said… There is nothing new under the sun, what is done now has already been done. Good and evil, motives, selfishness, greed, anything you are facing right now. It’s been done before, and God reveals it when it happened two thousand years ago, so you will know how to handle it and conduct yourself, when it happens today. Here’s what happened. Jesus – a complete no-name – son of a carpenter(so everyone thought) had come to prominence. That’s what happens when you start healing people of their diseases, turning water into wine, and feeding 20,000 people with a Happy Meal… And then, as now, those in power, those who were politically correct, who loved telling people what to do and what they should think… they were upset… Why? because they loved power, and someone who spoke the truth, when they weren’t, was a real threat to their power. Matthew 15:1 – Then some Pharisees and teachers of the law came from Jerusalem and asked, “Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? They don’t wash their hands before they eat!” (They’re not wearing their mask…) They cared nothing about the cleanliness of people’s hands, they just wanted to accuse Jesus of being a hypocrite, saying He was from God, but not following God’s laws.) Jesus replied, “And why do you break the command of God for the sake of your tradition? For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’ and ‘Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.’ But you say that if a man says to his father or mother, ‘Whatever help you might otherwise have received from me is a gift devoted to God,’ he is not to honor his father’ with it, Thus you nullify the Word of God for the sake of your tradition. (Just like today, follow the money… they said this because they took their paychecks from the offering plate.) You hypocrites! Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you; “These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. They worship me in vain; their teachings are but rules taught by men.” (Then) Jesus called the crowd to him and said, “Listen and understand. What goes into a man’s mouth does not make him unclean, but what comes out of his mouth, that is what makes him unclean.” Wow. Jesus was the opposite of politically correct, when politically correct was a lie, or a deception. And He spoke truth. That’s why the people loved him, and those in power hated him – enough to kill him. But notice his disciples’ response. Were they concerned about truth? Verse 12 - Then the disciples came to him and asked, “Do you know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this? (Twitter might suspend your account?) Jesus replied, “every plant that my heavenly Father has not planted will be pulled up by the roots. Leave them. They are blind guides. Jesus was so clear. Leave them alone, don’t be influenced by them anymore, ignore them, stop listening to them. They are the blind leading the blind. They are blind leaders, and the only people that follow them are blind people. Turn them off, unsubscribe, unfollow, stop watching fake news)… “If a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a ditch.” Verse 15 – Peter said, “Explain the parable to us.” (I love this guy, He always said, what everyone else thought but was afraid to say.”) “Are you still so dull?” Jesus asked them. Don’t you see that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and then out of the body (getting real here – it gets pooped out). But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart and these things make a man ‘unclean.’ For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander. These are what make a man ‘unclean;’ but eating with unwashed hands does not make him unclean. When I was little, there was a song that parents would sing to their children, “Oh be careful little ears what you hear, Oh be careful little ears what you hear, for the Father up above is looking down in love, so be careful little ears what you hear. In Jesus’ day, just like today. Those in power who everyone listens to, who everyone doesn’t’ want to offend… many are just power hungry. Jesus said, leave them, don’t listen to them. Don’t listen to lies, slander, false accusation. Be careful little ears what you hear. Praying that you will ask God what you should be listening to, and what you should turn off. The Media of today are corrupt, they constantly accuse others of things they do themselves. They are the first to call someone out for a lie, when they themselves are skilled liars. If you fill your ears with falsehood, you will never be able to recognize the truth. Ask God who you should be listening to, and who you should turn off. Ask Him what alternatives there are – who speaks the truth. Who stands for what is right, and is not afraid to call out evil, slander, and false accusation. Who stands for what God says is right and just. Not the wicked who cannot understand justice. Praying that you will ask God to check your heart too. What comes out of your mouth? What do your eyes see, and your ears hear? Praying that you will turn off lies and slander. God says Those who forsake the law praise the wicked, but those who keep the law resist them. Evil men do you understand justice, but those who seek the LORD understand if fully. Praying that you will know what stand God wants you to take, so the moment of truth doesn’t sneak up on you, and you just react in your flesh, fearing offending the wicked, more than you fear God – the God of all truth. Praying that you will be careful what your ears hear. Love you all, dad
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