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Dad,<\/span><\/p>\n I’m n\u200bot sure I’m getting the gist of this pearl. \u00a0Jesus seemed “bothered” by hypocrites in this passage and others, especially when he turned over the tables in the temple…<\/span><\/p>\n Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples,\u00a02<\/strong><\/span><\/a>Saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat:\u00a03<\/strong><\/span><\/a>All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe,\u00a0that<\/em>\u00a0observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not.\u00a04<\/strong><\/span><\/a>For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay\u00a0them<\/em>\u00a0on men’s shoulders; but they\u00a0themselves<\/em>\u00a0will not move them with one of their fingers.\u00a05<\/strong><\/span><\/a>But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments,\u00a06<\/strong><\/span><\/a>And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues,\u00a07<\/strong><\/span><\/a>And greetings in the markets, and to be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi.\u00a08<\/strong><\/span><\/a>But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master,\u00a0even<\/em>\u00a0Christ; and all ye are brethren.\u00a09<\/strong><\/span><\/a>And call no\u00a0man<\/em>\u00a0your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.\u00a010<\/strong><\/span><\/a>Neither be ye called masters: for one is your Master,\u00a0even<\/em>\u00a0Christ.\u00a011<\/strong><\/span><\/a>But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.\u00a012<\/strong><\/span><\/a>And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.<\/span><\/p>\n \u200b\u200b13<\/strong><\/span><\/a>But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in\u00a0yourselves<\/em>, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.\u00a014<\/strong><\/span><\/a>Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows’ houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.”<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n \u200bte<\/p>\n ===========<\/p>\n This Pearl refers to the foolishness of losing one’s peace because of the foolishness of another. \u00a0Righteous people can be vexed (2Pet. 2:7), but they never are so vexed that they resort to evil themselves because of the actions of the wicked (Ps. 37:8). \u00a0They participate in the true, inner fast that God accepts, part of which fast is to refrain from trying to yoke others to what you know is right (Isa. 58:9). \u00a0The foolish cannot be at peace unless others are doing what is right; they want to yoke everybody around them to their will, and if others will not take on their yoke, they lose their peace and joy. \u00a0That is the spiritual reality to which this Pearl refers.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n \u200bPastor John\u200b<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Dad, I’m n\u200bot sure I’m getting the gist of this pearl. \u00a0Jesus seemed “bothered” by hypocrites in this passage and others, especially when he turned over the tables in the temple… Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples,\u00a02Saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat:\u00a03All therefore whatsoever they […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4401","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-qa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4401"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4401"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4401\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}