Do we spend too much time making ourselves visible in the world, focused on our buildings and sermons with the justification that it will bring more people to Christ? The Pharisees enjoyed a position of authority and power in the time of Christ. They were the religious leaders and the legal leaders of the Israelite society, but they were still just men. They went through all of the motions that made them ceremonially clean. They went through the motions of upholding the law, but they forgot about the Spirit of the law. They forgot that we are all just human.
In our churches today, there are some that feel this same way. They like to impress people with the things that they do. They like to impress others with their knowledge, their spirituality, their giving, their salvation. These are no different than the Pharisees and it sets a dangerous reputation in front of all Christians. If we are judged by those that call themselves Christian, then sometimes I don't' want to be one.
We must be careful to focus on what is really important.
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