What kind of faker are you? Matthew 15:8,9

Good morning everyone. God is good all the time, all the time God is good. TOO BLESSED TO BE STRESSED!

Matthew 15:8,9 "These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. Their worship s a farce, for they teach man-made ideas as commands from God."

Jesus here is teaching inner purity. How pure is your inside. Or, is it all outside and inside is a fake? It is easy to say the right words, but are they true, are they true from the heart.

The prophet Isaiah also criticized hypocrites (Isaiah 29:13) and Jesus applied Isaiah's words to these religious leaders. The Pharisees knew a lot about God, but they didn't know God.

When we claim to honor God while our heart is far from him, our worship means nothing. It is not enough to study about religion or even to study the Bible; it is not enough to act religious. Our actions and our attitudes must be sincere. If they are not, Isaiah's words also describe us.

Here is what is in Isaiah: "And so the LORD says, 'These people say they are mine. They honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me, and their worship of me is nothing but man-made rules learned by rote.'"

As the Christian song says, are you going through the motions? What kind of fake are you? Are you real? Because you go to church on Sunday morning makes you a Christian just as much as standing in the garage makes you a car.

We say we love JESUS, but are our hearts far from HIM? God wants us to be real. Thought for the day: "A false front belies a true faith." Love you all.

In Christ's Love and Grace

Johnny