Matters of the Heart-Jesus Versus Religion – Steve Orr

Matters of the Heart Jesus Versus Religion: What if Jesus came to church under disguise like he did on the road to Emmaus encounter in Luke 24? What would he see? Well, 2000 years ago, God did come under disguise to the religious leaders of his time. In the entire chapter of Matthew 23, Jesus told them in no uncertain terms what he saw. Jesus rails against the religious hypocrites with seven woes. Six times He says, "Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites!" In another woe, He says, “Woe to you, blind guides!” (The exclamation points in the NIV are most apropos.) Jesus concludes His rant with these choice ...