Tag: hypocrisy
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Salt of the Earth
Matthew 5:13-14 “You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled under people’s feet.” Here in Matthew 5 Jesus uses the metaphor of the properties of salt to demonstrate how believers…
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The Forgiver of Sins
Luke 23:34 “And Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.” Matthew 26:73-75 “After a little while the bystanders came up and said to Peter, ‘Certainly you too are one of them, for your accent betrays you.’ Then he began to invoke a curse on himself and to swear, ‘I do not know the man.’ And…
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Hypocrites
John 17:12 “While I was with them, I kept them in your name, which you have given me. I have guarded them, and not one of them has been lost except the son of destruction, that the Scripture might be fulfilled.” How often have you heard someone give this excuse for why they don’t attend…