From the lips or from the heart? Matthew 15:8,9

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

Where do you sit today? In the audience of hypocrites or the audience of true believers? Do you provide great lip service for the church, or are you a walking testimony for Christ?

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

The prophet Isaiah also criticized hypocrites (Isaiah 29:13) and Jesus applied Isaiah's words to these religious leaders. The Pharisee 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.
So, once again, time to evaluate. Are you sitting with the hypocrites? Or, are you a walking testimony to God? The only Bible some people read?
You should be the seed the farmer planted, not the weed placed by the evil one. Love you all. Witness to someone, invite someone to church. Church is not the building; church is and will always be the people - whether they meet in a building, a lot, under a bridge, or in a home somewhere. Go forth my friend and share the blessings of Jesus Christ.

In Christ's Love and Grace
Johnny