Lay Down The Truth In Heavy Doses….

When people tell me about Jesus, and they use words like tolerant, loving, accepting, peaceful, and good, I have to ask, “do you read the Bible?” Yes, Jesus is all those things, but He’s so much more. He’s just, righteous, holy, worthy, powerful, sovereign, immutable, omniscient, and saving. He’s not a product of the 1960s, full of peace, love, and tranquility. He calls out evil when confronted by it. If an abortionist were to debate Him on that topic, do you think He would tell them, “Right on man”, and slap him a high-five? Or a transgender person explain to Him about how many genders there are, He would respond with, “You’re righteous, Dude”? Jesus would lay down the truth in heavy doses. He would call you out, show you the error of your thinking by exposing it with truth. And the end of the conversation would end with, “Go and sin no more”. Jesus isn’t a flower-child from the 1960s, He’s God. It’s only when people see Him in that manner, is salvation possible. Otherwise, they will continue to live deceived by the longings of this world, walking around spiritually blind to all the blessings God has in store for us. And most importantly, never experience the indescribable love He has for us.

23 “What sorrow awaits you teachers of religious law and you Pharisees. Hypocrites! For you are careful to tithe even the tiniest income from your herb gardens, but you ignore the more important aspects of the law–justice, mercy, and faith. You should tithe, yes, but do not neglect the more important things.24 Blind guides! You strain your water so you won’t accidentally swallow a gnat, but you swallow a camel!25 “What sorrow awaits you teachers of religious law and you Pharisees. Hypocrites! For you are so careful to clean the outside of the cup and the dish, but inside you are filthy–full of greed and self-indulgence! 26 You blind Pharisee! First wash the inside of the cup and the dish, and then the outside will become clean, too.27 “What sorrow awaits you teachers of religious law and you Pharisees. Hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs–beautiful on the outside but filled on the inside with dead people’s bones and all sorts of impurity.28 Outwardly you look like righteous people, but inwardly your hearts are filled with hypocrisy and lawlessness.29 “What sorrow awaits you teachers of religious law and you Pharisees. Hypocrites! For you build tombs for the prophets your ancestors killed, and you decorate the monuments of the godly people your ancestors destroyed.30 Then you say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our ancestors, we would never have joined them in killing the prophets.’31 “But in saying that, you testify against yourselves that you are indeed the descendants of those who murdered the prophets.32 Go ahead and finish what your ancestors started.33 Snakes! Sons of vipers! How will you escape the judgment of hell?34 “Therefore, I am sending you prophets and wise men and teachers of religious law. But you will kill some by crucifixion, and you will flog others with whips in your synagogues, chasing them from city to city.35 As a result, you will be held responsible for the murder of all godly people of all time–from the murder of righteous Abel to the murder of Zechariah son of Barachiah, whom you killed in the Temple between the sanctuary and the altar.36 I tell you the truth, this judgment will fall on this very generation.  37 “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones God’s messengers! How often I have wanted to gather your children together as a hen protects her chicks beneath her wings, but you wouldn’t let Me. 38 And now, look, your house is abandoned and desolate.39 For I tell you this, you will never see Me again until you say, ‘Blessings on the One who comes in the name of the Lord!’” Matthew 23:23-39