In His Image Ministries

Wednesday April 12 Holy Wednesday Bible Reading:      Matt. 23: 27 - 39 Topic:          Woe Unto You Hypocrites Jesus in the last week of His Earthly Ministry vehemently rebuked the Scribes and Pharisees for their ostentatious religiosity and self-righteous pride. These were Israel's most respected and oppressive religious leaders. They make a show of all their religious activities and interacted only among themselves as they consider others to be sinners. They were the greatest critics of Jesus Our passage today is the pronouncement of a series of woes which is our Lord's indictment of the Scribes and the Pharisees for their hypocrisy. Vs 37 - 39 is our Lord's lamentation as a sincere expression of His love for Jerusalem (the Nation of Israel) and His grief over the many opportunities for salvation that were thrown away. The Nation has been guilty of repeated crimes...