Daily Devotional
Tomorrow’s Pharisee
A pastor of mine once said, “The Christians of one generation tend to become the Pharisees of the next.” The Pharisees had started out on the right track; they wanted to live for God. But keeping the law became an end in itself. They forgot that the law was meant to draw them closer to God.
Today’s reading shows what happens when our focus on outward cleanliness becomes an obsession, blocking out the more important part of the inner life. Jesus’ words cause us to step back and look carefully at what we’re doing and why we’re doing it. ...
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