Psalm: 72 Meditation Mark: What is clean and what is unclean? We tend to be no better than the Pharisees – actors all of us. The debate here is what does “clean” mean? Jesus is rather clear the “nothing outside a man can make him ‘unclean’ by going into him.” (v. 15) We see the …
Tag: Pharisees
Sunday, July 12
Psalm: 44 Meditation Matthew: This is one of Jesus’ tirades against the teachers of the law (the scribes) and Pharisees (and to us too!). In it, Jesus reminds them that their fathers oversaw the murder of many prophets. Alas, these teachers and Pharisees decry that they would not have done such a thing if they …
Friday, June 5
Psalm: 51:1-17 Meditation Luke: The Pharisee and the tax collector. This is a very familiar parable of Jesus. Paul, himself a Pharisee, tells us “the just shall live by faith” (Romans 1:17; Habakkuk 2:4), and he would know. Pharisees were, by and large, good people whose heart was to adhere to the Law. They were …
Thursday, February 20
Psalms: 98, 99 Meditation Mark: Time and again Jesus has to contend with the myopic (near-sighted) leaders of the people “who can’t see the forest for the trees”. The truth is many Christian can become rather myopic as well when their own beliefs are brought into question. These often become the “hills to die on” …
Wednesday, February 19
Psalms: 81, 82 Meditation Isaiah: “But You are our Father…” (v. 63:16) One might be able to count on one hand the number of times God has revealed Himself as “Our Father” in the OT. The people of Israel could not have conceived a “personal” relationship with God – it would be tantamount to blasphemy. …
