POLISHED WITHOUT, ROTTEN WITHIN - GOD CHECKS THE INSIDE - Nuggets from Luke 11:39

POLISHED WITHOUT, ROTTEN WITHIN - GOD CHECKS THE INSIDE
(Nuggets from Luke 11:39)

Jesus' encounter with the Pharisee was quite revealing as He spotlighted the TRUE PERSONALITY of that sect.

On that fateful day, the Pharisee beckoned to Jesus to come and dine with him, and Jesus obliged him.
He observed that Jesus didn't bother himself with any religious rituals before eating, not just the SANITATION ASPECT of washing hands. This was because the Pharisees believed that a demon usually sat on unwashed hands. Since Jesus hadn't washed His hands before eating with them, they concluded that Jesus was already going to get contaminated by not performing any religious rituals to ward off any demons. As laughable as it sounds, this was their doctrine, and they adhered to the core and called anyone who did otherwise.

Jesus needed to educate him here by asking him why they were more concerned about making the outward part of the cup clean, whereas their inward parts were filled with wickedness.

Jesus needed to use the everyday scenario of 'a cup and platter(plate)' to show how the Pharisees meticulously pretended to be okay on the outside while ignoring the moral filth inside them.

Jesus sees beyond the outward appearance and this buttresses the fact that God is not interested in the CONTEXT of your life (what you show people); He focuses more on the CONTENT (your innermost secrets and TRUE PERSONALITY).

We live in a world where everyone wants to be seen as PERFECT, without flaws or faults. You may pretend all you can, show off to the world that you are the NICEST OF ALL, such a PERFECT MASK, COATED WITH PERFECT LIES, but in all you do, always remember that GOD CHECKS THE INSIDE.

What shall it profit an individual to have a POLISHED REPUTATION with a POISONED HEART?

Jesus called out the Pharisee because they were more concerned about washing the outside, so no one bothered to check or see the ROT WITHIN.

Dear 'Christian', 'Follower of God's, 'Preacher', 'Worker', 'Pastor', 'Evangelist',

This message has not and will NEVER lose its relevance. Stop performing righteousness, stop acting the script you wrote in the name of SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS and RELIGION.

Every effort you make to look clean whilst your heart and soul remain laden with wickedness is an EFFORT IN FUTILITY, because God hates deceit.

In this life, you only have one person to IMPRESS - THE ALMIGHTY GOD.
You don't IMPRESS Him as a matter of PRETENSE because He knows you INSIDE OUT.

LET YOUR INNERMOST BEING TALLY WITH THE OUTWARD PERSONALITY GOD KNOWS AND MEN SEE.

This is HOLINESS CHALLENGE
DAY 326 OF 365 🔥

📹 POLISHED WITHOUT, ROTTEN WITHIN - GOD CHECKS THE INSIDE