Then one of the scholars of the
law said to him in reply, “Teacher, by saying this you are insulting us too.”
And he said, “Woe also to you scholars of the law! You impose on people burdens
hard to carry, but you yourselves do not lift one finger to touch them.
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Reflection:
Do you live what you say? For
example you will say to your children that they should live simply yet your
lifestyle is not simple because you want expensive things. How will your
children follow and believe what you say?
Jesus is angry with the Pharisees
because many of them were full of pretension their external actions were very
much different from their internal thought. They command the people to do this
and that yet they themselves were not willing to do it.
What Jesus wants for the Pharisees
then and for us now is to lead by example; let us mean what we say and live
what we say. This is where we are often lacking, yes we go to church and yes we
worship God. But do we translate these to living acts of faith?
Let us not be like the Pharisees
and the scholars of the law who are very good only in giving orders. Let us be
like Jesus who put into action every word and phrase that He said.
Jesus lived every word that
He preached, for example Jesus preached simplicity of lifestyle, He therefore
lived this simple lifestyle. Jesus preached about forgiveness, mercy and love
and He lived His preaching of forgiveness, mercy and love as well.
Do you live a simple lifestyle and are you forgiving, merciful and loving? –
Marino J. Dasmarinas
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