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 against God in rejecting and killing God's messengers; she
would be destroyed and left desolate.
She will not see Christ
again until His second coming.
We are to open up to the
Holy Spirit to purge us of arrogance and judgemental spirit and serve God in
sincerity and humility.
Prayer:
Precious Jesus, thank You
for the sacrifice on the Cross that made me whole again, Amen
Memory verse: Matt. 23 : 39
"For I say unto you,
Ye shall not see me henceforth till you shall say Blessed is He that cometh in
the Name of the Lord"
(The Daily Devotional Guide of the Church of Nigeria Anglican Communion)
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