Not A Fan. - am i just following the rules?
Fan:
\ˈfan\
noun
an enthusiastic admirer
Follower:
\ˈfälō(ə)r\
noun
an adherent or devotee of a particular person, cause, or activity.
ADAPTIVE SELF
FALSE SELF
HYPOCRITE
hyp·o·crite:
\ˈhipəˌkrit\
noun
An interpreter from underneath.
Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples: “The teachers of the law and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat. So you must be careful to do everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach.
Matthew 23:1-3
PRACTICE WHAT YOU PREACH
• You could not spit on the Sabbath because it would disturb the dirt and you would be guilty of plowing.
• You could not swat a fly on the Sabbath because you would be guilty of hunting.
• If your house was burning down on a Sabbath, you could not carry clothes out of it. However, you were allowed to put on several layers of clothes as the house was burning down. You could leave without breaking the law because you were wearing them instead of carrying them.
They tie up heavy, cumbersome loads and put them on other people’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to lift a finger to move them.
Matthew 23:4
Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the door of the kingdom of heaven in people’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let those enter who are trying to.
Matthew 23:13
Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You give a tenth of your spices—mint, dill and cumin. But you have neglected the more important matters of the law—justice, mercy and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former. You blind guides! You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel.
Matthew 23:23-24
“Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of the bones of the dead and everything unclean. In the same way, on the outside you appear to people as righteous but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.
Matthew 23:27-28
When we aren’t willing to share our brokenness, we never get to share our witness for God’s grace and mercy.