“People are saying that others make plans against them,
but you should not believe them.
Don’t be afraid of what they fear;
do not dread those things.
But remember that the LORD All-Powerful is holy.
He is the one you should fear;
he is the one you should dread. Isaiah 8:12-13.
You rejected what God said for the sake of your own rules.
You are hypocrites! Isaiah was right when he said about you:
“These people show honor to me with words,
But their hearts are far from me.
Their worship of me is worthless.
The things they teach are nothing but human rules.” Matthew 15:6-9.
Their lives are not good examples for you to follow.
They tell you to do things, but they themselves don’t do them.
They make strict rules and try to force people to obey them, but they are unwilling to help those who struggle under the weight of their rules.
They do good things so that other people will see them…
They make their special prayer clothes very long…
They love to have the most important seats at feasts and in the synagogues….
They love people to greet them with respect in the marketplaces, and they love to have people call them ‘Teacher’.
But you have only one Teacher…Father…Master…, the Christ.
Matthew 23:3-10. Amen.
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