Archive for 'Hypocrisy'

The Pharisees’ Paralysis

Luke 5:17-26
Isa 35:1-10 / Psa 85:9-14
When Jesus saw their faith, he said, “Friend, your sins are forgiven.”
(Luke 5:20)
Repentance is what we must seek
If we are paralyzed by sin.
Pride keeps us bound, makes our faith weak
If what needs healing lies within.
One day as he was teaching, Pharisees and teachers of the law, who had come from [...]

Crippled By Bias and Hypocrisy

Luke 13: 10-17
Rom 8: 12-17 / Psa 68
Should not this woman, a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has kept bound for 18 long years, be set free on the Sabbath day from what bound her?
(Luke 13:16)
Of many things I can’t discern,
Lord Jesus heal my crippled faith;
And bent by sin, please help me learn
To find the [...]

In the Presence of the Lord

Luke 12: 1-7
Rom 4: 1-8 / Psa 32
“There is nothing concealed that will not be revealed.”
(Lk.12:2.)
All things in darkness come to light;
No lie can ever be concealed.
What secrets can hide from God’s sight?
In time the truth will be revealed.
So many people were crowding together that they were trampling one another underfoot. Jesus began to speak, [...]

The Lord of the Sabbath

Luke 6: 1-5
Col 1: 21-23 / Psa 54
Then He said to them, “The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.”
(Luke 6:5)
All acts of piety are useless
If bitterness in our hearts remain;
Don’t let your faith be dry and worthless
Like chaff separated from the grain.
Now it happened that Jesus was passing through some grainfields on a [...]

Filth of Hypocrisy

Matthew 23: 27-32
1 Thes 2:9-13 / Ps 139
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites. You are like whitewashed tombs, which appear beautiful on the outside, but inside are full of dead men’s bones and every kind of filth.
(Matthew 23:27)
Don’t be deceived by what may seem
So innocent, no trace of guilt…
Remember those who lie and [...]

His Sheep Hear His Voice

John 10: 22-30
Acts 11:19-26 / Psa 87
. . . you do not believe because you are not my sheep. My sheep hear my voice; I know them, and they follow me.
(John 10: 26-27)
We are the flock He has gathered
Who have heard His call and have come;
Never again to be scattered,
Living the hope of His kingdom.
Then [...]