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Matthew 15:1 – 9
Most of us learned at an early age to hide behind masks so we could fool people and keep them from knowing our real selves. We say whatever needs to be said in order to make ourselves look good. We lie or exaggerate or deceive. We try to convince others that we are really different than we are. But God sees through our games. He knows who we really are, what we really did, what we really meant. We cannot fool an omniscient God.
The Pharisees claimed righteousness by obeying their traditions. Yet Jesus revealed their pretense: They were hypocrites pretending to be something they weren’t. The good news is that we don’t have to hide our true selves, no matter what is inside. We have nothing to conceal. God can take us as we are and make us into who we are meant to be.
Most of us learned at an early age to hide behind masks so we could fool people and keep them from knowing our real selves. We say whatever needs to be said in order to make ourselves look good. We lie or exaggerate or deceive. We try to convince others that we are really different than we are. But God sees through our games. He knows who we really are, what we really did, what we really meant. We cannot fool an omniscient God.
The Pharisees claimed righteousness by obeying their traditions. Yet Jesus revealed their pretense: They were hypocrites pretending to be something they weren’t. The good news is that we don’t have to hide our true selves, no matter what is inside. We have nothing to conceal. God can take us as we are and make us into who we are meant to be.
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This is a 21 day extract of the NIV Once-A-Day Bible which organizes the New International Version Bible, the world’s most popular modern-English Bible, into 365 daily readings. This Bible includes a daily Scripture reading from both the Old and New Testaments, plus a Psalm or a Proverb, followed by a short devotional thought written by the staff at the trusted ministry Walk Thru the Bible.
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