{"id":323,"date":"2023-01-28T08:18:14","date_gmt":"2023-01-28T08:18:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bibleholyghost.com\/?p=323"},"modified":"2023-01-28T08:18:15","modified_gmt":"2023-01-28T08:18:15","slug":"matthew-chapter-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bibleholyghost.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/28\/matthew-chapter-23\/","title":{"rendered":"Matthew Chapter 23"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Matthew chapter 23<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scripture:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today I will summarize Matthew chapter 23 where Jesus warns against the teachers of the law and the Pharisees.\u00a0 Jesus condemns their Hypocrisy.\u00a0 Jesus predicts their punishment and Jesus\u2019s love for Jerusalem. Jesus was furious.\u00a0\u00a0 He told the crowds the scribes and the Pharisees are the authorized interpreters of Moses.\u00a0 So, you must obey and follow everything they tell you to do: do not however initiate their actions because they don\u2019t practice what they preach.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

They won\u2019t even try to help anyone obey the laws of God.\u00a0 They do everything to be noticed by men but God is not impressed. They love places of honour.\u00a0 They love the respectful greetings in the marketplaces.\u00a0 They loved to be called teacher and Rabbi while I am making new rules.\u00a0 I say do not be called Rabbi by anyone because god is your teacher and you are all brothers.\u00a0 Do not be called masters by anyone because you only have one master.\u00a0 I am your master and do not call anyone father on earth because there is only one father and he is in heaven. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The greatest among you shall be your servant.\u00a0 Whoever exalts himself shall be humbled and whoever humbles himself shall be exalted.\u00a0 Jesus then turned and looked at the scribes and the Pharisees and began to shred them with his words.\u00a0 Jesus said woe to you scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites you\u2019ve shut off the kingdom of heaven from people.\u00a0 You will not go to heaven yourselves and you are preventing those who want to o from getting there. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

You travel around the world just to make one proselyte and when you do you make twice as much of a son of hell as you yourselves are.\u00a0 You teach people to make promises swearing on the gold in the temple but not the temple itself.\u00a0 You tell them to swear by the dead animal being sacrificed instead of the altar in the temple.\u00a0 You are fools!\u00a0 You make sure you obey the tidings rules regarding your spices, but you totally ignore or disobey the more important things of the law like justice, mercy, and faithfulness. You should not neglect to tithe; more importantly, you must not neglect justice, mercy, and faithfulness.\u00a0 Woe to you, you hypocrites.\u00a0 You clean the outside of your bodies but inside you are full of sin.\u00a0 If you clean the inside you will be clean on the outside too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jesus continued woe to you scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites.\u00a0 You are more like whitewashed tombs.\u00a0 You look pretty on the outside but inside you are filled with bones and decaying corpses on the inside.\u00a0 You say if we had been living in the days of our fathers, we would not take part with them in the killing of the prophets.\u00a0 You admit your fathers were the ones who killed the prophets.\u00a0 I am going to send you prophets wise men and scribes and you will whip them in your synagogues.\u00a0 You will crucify and kill others or just like your fathers.\u00a0 You serpents.\u00a0 You brood of vipers.\u00a0 You will not escape the sentence of hell.\u00a0 Or Jerusalem you who killed the prophets.\u00a0 I wish I could gather you like a hen gathers her chicks under her wings but you are unwilling.\u00a0 You will be desolate.\u00a0 You will not see me until the end.\u00a0 When you say blessed is, he who comes in the name of the Lord.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Observation:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The thing I think the lord wants us to understand after reading this chapter is that Jesus was not kind to the religious leaders and others who were self-righteous and proud.\u00a0 He was always kind to the humble repentant sinner; however, he is the same way today.\u00a0 God wants us to see that we should not call anyone a rabbi, master, or father, most religions in the world today violate these commands that came directly from Jesus\u2019s mouth.\u00a0 Perhaps on purpose.\u00a0 God wants us to see that he will humble everyone proud and he will exalt everyone and make them humble.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Have you been consistently calling anyone rabbi, master, or father? Did you even realize that Jesus commanded us not to do that?\u00a0 Have you been doing anything to gain acceptance from people?\u00a0 There is still time to repent and change our behavior. \u00a0Come and let us turn away from our sins right now while there is still time.\u00a0 The harsh truth of life is that the world is going to come to an end. Tell me what will you gain by enchanting the people of this world and losing your life.\u00a0 Will they be able to save you on the day of Judgment?\u00a0 Today you see celebrities, important leaders, etc.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Have your family members who have expired have they taken anything with them when they died?\u00a0 Wake up! Look around at what is happening in the world.\u00a0 Observe everywhere Satan plans.\u00a0 How he is trying to keep us from the truth and the protection of the father.\u00a0\u00a0 Everywhere there is lust, abortion, extra marital affairs, the devil is making you believe that this is okay because he doesn\u2019t want us to know the truth and be set free.\u00a0 I told you he hates us and he wants to take as many souls as possible into the lake of fire.\u00a0 During summer we can\u2019t bear the heat. We drink water.\u00a0 We use fans \/Air conditioners to cool ourselves.\u00a0 Just imagine when you get burnt accidentally with the flame or catch a hot pan.\u00a0 How much does it hurt? But in hell, there is no air, only flames, no water.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

My brothers and sisters, you may think I am exaggerating.\u00a0 I am not trying to terrify you.\u00a0 Prayer to Jesus to show you in a dream what hell is like.\u00a0 He will surely do.\u00a0 Why did Jesus suffer so much on the cross and died for us?\u00a0 He had already seen hell and he doesn\u2019t want anyone of us to go there.\u00a0 You as parents when seeing danger ahead of your kids.\u00a0 Do you allow them to go into it? Or you will do everything possible to prevent them. The same is our father in heaven.\u00a0 But what happens when your kids don\u2019t listen?\u00a0\u00a0 They fall into danger and weep but by the time they realized it.\u00a0 It\u2019s already too late.\u00a0 Jesus is stretching out his hands and saying my child take hold of my hands and come out of the dark hole.\u00a0 Take hold of his hands.\u00a0 Hold on to the bible instead of cell phones and video games etc. cling to him and trust him.\u00a0 You will not regret your decision.\u00a0 When we want to achieve our goals, we follow discipline.\u00a0 If you want to achieve everlasting life follow the teachings of Jesus.\u00a0 The decision is yours whether you chose everlasting life or Hell.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prayer:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Give us clear sight and reveal the truth to us, O lord.  Please show us what we need to know in the tide of Falsehood so that we may see what you see and know the truth.   We wish to know your will heavenly father that we may follow it till the end of our days, ever praising you and glorifying your name.  Teach us, for we are but children, sheep of your flock, who stray, and you show your ways again and again. Our loving father, we give thanks for all you have given and done for us.  Guide our hearts and bless our sight.  We ask this in the name of your beloved son our lord Jesus Christ Amen. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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