24/10/2021
*GHA, HOPE ALIVE WEEKLY REVIVAL DEVOTIONAL*
Date *Sunday, 24 October 2021*
*Topic* Hypocrites
*Scripture*
*Matthew 15:8 This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.*
*BELOVED OPEN YOUR MIND TO THIS AGAIN*
1. Their malice: revealed by the Lord.
*Matthew 22:18 But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites?*
*John 2:25 And needed not that any should testify of man: for he knew what was in man.*
2. Their blindness: they lost vision of reality and values.
*Matthew 23:17, 19, 23, 26 Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold? Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift? Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cu**in, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone. Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also.*
3. Their appearance: the appearances are more important to them than the word.
*Matthew 15:1-3 Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying, Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread. But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?*
4. Their prayers: come only from their lips.
*Matthew 15:8 This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.*
5. Their zeal: to proselytize .
*Matthew 23:6-7 And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues, And greetings in the markets, and to be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi.*
6. Their pleasure: the Scriptures cast on them a condemning *woe*
*Matthew 23:13 But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.*
*Isaiah 29:15 Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the LORD, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?*
*Quote me once again*
*Hypocrisy is a devilish manipulation. Anyone that the devil traps down with it, is not wise. Be wise*
*Revivalists Prayer*
May you not be caged down by demonic forces, in Jesus name!
*1st to 3rd Monthly Revival tagged: HOPE ALIVE*
*@ GHA. Ijede, Ikorodu Lagos Nigeria West Africa
For Prayer and Counselling:
Ayo Lambo
Lead Pastor, GOD'S HOPE ASSEMBLY
*LAGOS, NIGERIA