Matthew 23: 23-39 – Jesus Unhinged
Jesus meek and mild? Smiling, soft spoken, mamby-pamby? Wrong Jesus! He’s had enough of the
religious leaders because they are so extremely wrong. Deluded and deluding. They are poison in a
perfume bottle, Chlorox in a toddler’s sippy cup, a fine merlot bottle filled with turpentine. You get it,
right?
He already knows they’re going to kill him so trying to play nice with them won’t change their minds.
They are evil on the inside and playing pretty on the outside doesn’t fool God. They are doomed but what
makes Jesus wild-eyed is that they are determined to take the clueless sheep with them.
Jesus screams, “ENOUGH!” His heart is breaking for Israel, but they seem to have this death wish to
follow the rules and not God’s love. They are stubborn and are headed straight to hell – first in line, the
Pharisees.
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