Daily Meditation - Wednesday 27August 2008 - JESUS DOES NOT JUDGE BY WHAT THE EYE SEES, NOR DECIDE BY WHAT THE EAR HEARS

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***How can you distinguish between what is true or false, genuine or counterfeit? ***
Outward appearances can be deceptive.
  • Isaiah prophesied that the Messiah would not judge by what his eyes see, or decide by what his ears hear; but with righteousness he shall judge the poor,
    • and decide with equity for the meek of the earth* (Isaiah 11:3-4).
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Jesus used strong language to warn the religious leaders about the vanity of appearance and pretense.
  • In Palestine tombs were often placed by the sides of roads. They were painted white which made them glisten in the midday sun, especially around the time of the great feasts,
  • so that people would not accidently touch them and incur ritual impurity.
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Jesus warns that what truly corrupts a person is not ritual impurity
  • but the impurity of sinful attitudes
  • – such as pride, greed, sloth, envy, hatred, gluttony, and lust - which lead to sinful behavior.
  • The scribes and Pharisees were intensely religious in their outward observances,
  • but their outward show didn’t match the inner reality of the state of their hearts. Read on HERE
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