March 28, 2025
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Reading along with us in our Lenten readings from “The Life of Jesus”? Here’s today’s reading:
Lent 2025 – Day 8 in the Book: “The Life of Jesus“
The Week Jesus Dies
Read Sections 5.12 through 5.13 (pages 142-145)
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The Pharisees man made laws had become just as important as God’s laws. But why obey if your position in the church is more important to them then their loyalty to God. Leadership that serves itself instead of serving others. Certainly saw this growing up in Catholic Church and catholic school. Priest walked into class room we were to go to our knees. What did the apostles say and do when people did that to them
Lent 2025 – Day 8
When reading this section I thought about the verse that says, For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. I think about how stern Jesus’ words were for the Pharisees here juxtaposed to the times He was speaking to tax collectors, sinners, and people the Pharisees would have considered lost causes. Jesus, like a good father, sees past the sinful acts and sees into our hearts and motivation and meets us there. He knows these Pharisees were dirty on the inside and it didn’t matter what they looked like on the outside. God wants our whole heart and our desire to be seeing Him glorified through us. The Pharisees not only did things for selfish motivation, even worse they lead others to do things the same way, blind leaders of the blind. Humility can be hard for us as we are so naturally inclined to be prideful and self centered so Lord I pray you keep me humble, empty me of self that I might be filled with You!
Lent Day 8
1 Timothy 4-6; Joshua 9-12; The Life of Jesus 4.71-5.13
Day 8
TRUE worship comes from the ❤️!
Jesus didn`t have anything good to say about the religious leaders during this time. They were like whitewashed tombs. They looked good on the outside but inside they were corrupt and full of sins. They were hypocrites. They wanted the praise of men but instead they should have honored God and had their hearts right with God. There were some exceptions to these religious leaders who truly tried to follow and worship God. Like the Pharisee, Nicodemus who sought the truth and even came to Jesus asking Him questions. Nicodemus became a believer, and he is one of the two men that took the body of Jesus away to be placed in the tomb. He was however not boldly outspoken of saying he was a believer. We know who Nicodemus is from John 3 when he talked to Jesus. May the Lord bless us as we follow Him.