Who Did Jesus Call a Hypocrite?

In God’s Word this morning I read how and why Jesus called Israel’s governing leaders “hypocrites.” He called them hypocrites for many things they did, but in this case, it was for something that made me think of how our government has l-o-n-g been doing the same thing.

 

The Pharisees and Teachers of the Law (the government of Israel then) taught and instructed the people that to devote their wealth to God (give to them rather) what could be used personally to help support their own mother and father – was, according to Jesus, not honorable at all, not godly, not what God had said, but rather all about their own “human rules and human traditions.” Or, in our time, with our governing leaders: “government rules and traditional politics,” with their outrageous taxation so they can do what they want with OUR hard earned money. Jesus went on to say of these hypocritical governing leaders that:

 

“These people honor Me with the lips, but their hearts are far from Me. They worship Me in vain; their teachings are merely human rules. You have let go of the commands of God and are holding on to human traditions.” Mark 7:6-13

 

I’m sickened by hearing Hillary Clinton, James Comey, Nancy Pelosi, Adam Schiff, Chuck Schumer and all the other self-righteous politicians who use God’s Word to support what they’re doing that is so clearly very wrong and immoral, and not at all what God has said ‘in His Word’ that a government should do.

 

God put in office, this last presidential election, a man who feels like WE feel: fed up with a greedy, corrupt, incompetent, self-righteous, mismanaging, self-serving government! Like Jesus said, “Thus you nullify the Word of God by your human tradition that you have handed down. And you do MANY things like that.”  Like Jesus said: “HYPOCRITES!”  Like President Trump says: “Swamp-creatures!”  Trump is no Jesus, but God is using Donald Trump just the same.

 

And what are these “hypocrites” up to, with all they can think about and work on? Vilifying, maligning, slandering to remove him from the presidency; this man that GOD put there to expose them all! So who do you think they are really fighting against? And will they succeed?

 

It’s obvious from reading Scripture that God sent Jesus Christ FIRST to the government leaders of His people Israel to expose their hypocrisy, greed, self-righteousness, corruption and disobedience to God. Jesus Himself said that He was sent to them first, but they rejected Him as ‘sent from God,’ the God whom they supposedly serve. They were offended by Jesus’ confronting their waywardness, instead of being humbly convicted by the Truth and Righteousness sent from God, and turning from their wicked ways.

 

Before Jesus could reach out to the Gentiles and invite them into His Kingdom by faith in Him, Israel’s leadership had to be exposed and condemned, so that all people would see the truth, righteousness and justice of God’s Son and of His Kingdom that is to come in all fullness; that they follow Jesus Christ, Son of God, instead of false leaders in any generation and in any nation.

 

Jesus Christ is the only hope of the nations. Jesus Christ is the only Savior of this world. Worship and obey HIM!

 

 

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