We should cleanse ourselves from greed by becoming generous to the poor and we'll become clean everywhere.
The Pharisees were very careful to give tithes of the smallest things that grow in their gardens but neglected the justice and the love of God. They majored on minors and ignored the most important thing.
Have you forgotten about the judgment of God in His justice and the love of God.
Have you neglected Gods justice that you will reap what you sow?
You cannot sin and think that giving to God's work will atone for that.
Ps 51:16
You do not desire a sacrifice, or I would offer one. You do not want a burnt offering. The sacrifice you desire is a broken spirit. You will not reject a broken and repentant heart, O God.
Isaiah 1:11, 13,15-16
“What makes you think I want all your sacrifices?” says the Lord. “I am sick of your burnt offerings of rams and the fat of fattened cattle. I get no pleasure from the blood of bulls and lambs and goats.
“Bring your worthless offerings no longer, Incense is an abomination to Me... I cannot endure iniquity and the solemn assembly.
“So when you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; Yes, even though you multiply prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood.
Wash yourselves and be clean! Get your sins out of my sight. Give up your evil ways.
If we continue in sin, all our giving is worthless and unacceptable to God.
But when we are repentant and broken, God will accept.
Ps 51:19
Then You will delight in righteous sacrifices, In burnt offering and whole burnt offering; Then young bulls will be offered on Your altar.
God is a God of justice and you will reap what you sow. His love gave us His Son to die for our sins and it's an insult to the blood of Christ to think that our sacrifices and our giving will be a covering for our sin. Only the blood of Christ can cleanse us from sin.
The Pharisees loved to sit in the places of honour and to be greeted respectfully. They are like Hidden tombs which people walk on without knowing.
Are you like that? Do you want to be respected as a godly person when the inside of you is corrupt and rotten? Do you seek for honour from men? Seek the honour that comes from above. John 5:44
The lawyers laid heavy burdens on people and couldn't move them even with a finger. Do you tell people to do things you never do? Do you tell people to live in a standard which you never live? Do you judge people for not doing things in a certain way when you don't show them and example by your life?
They honoured the prophets their fathers killed by building them sepulchres agreeing with their fathers but for their evil deeds God will judge them.
They took the key of knowledge and hindered others from entering and they themselves didn't enter. They discourage others from seeking to know more of God telling them it's impossible and they already have what God wants them to have. They themselves don't experience the fullness of God, and they hinder others from seeking to experience everything God has for them. Have you been discouraged from seeking to know more and more of God? Are you contented with the level which you have acquired? Don't allow that hunger and thirst to be quenched but continue pressing on. There is still more of God's riches in Christ which you are yet to experience. What remains untouched is much more than what you have experienced so far. Don't settle for less than all that God has for you.
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