8.
“This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me
with their lips; but their heart is far from me.
9. But
in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.”
Matthew
23:27-28
27.
“Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto
whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful
outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness.
28.
Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are
full of hypocrisy and iniquity.”
You have
learned how to reveal with your mouth what you want people to think about you -
when what people think of you has no bearing on your eternal destiny. But who you are inside, in your heart, has
everything to do with your eternal destiny.
It’s not
just your eternal destiny that is at stake, your quality of life is contingent
upon the accurate linking of what is in your heart and what proceeds from your
mouth.
Romans
10:10
10. For
with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession
is made unto salvation.
Your
spouse knows who you really are.
Your
children know who you really are.
Because
when you are pressed, you are revealed.
You need to pray to God that you will yield your will, your inner man and your outer
man, totally to the things of God.
You need
to pray that what comes from your mouth (your outer man) and what resides in your
heart (your inner man) is acceptable to God.
It is
easy to get entangled in the world and tricked into thinking
that you can be two people at the same time - (One Actively seeking God with
reverence and awe and the other finding fulfillment in worldly pursuits.)"
Excerpt from God Thinking LVI - No Stale Bread Here by Keith C. Powell Copyright 2014
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