Question Four, Week Four, January 28-February 3, 2007

What realities does the following Scripture say humans tend to whitewash and what is the actual truth?

Matthew 23:25 Woe unto you, scribes and pharisees, hypocrites! for you make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but inside they are full of extortion and excess.

Okay, here we go. I loved it when she shared about the white washed tombs, didn't you?? That was a picture perfect image of what we tend to do! For those who haven't read the chapters, the Jews would paint the tombs a bright, white wash. That way, they wouldn't accidentally stumble upon the grave and become ceremonially unclean. But inside were dead bones, decayed and ick...

Don't we do the same thing? We paint things in bright white paint to warn our kids and others "don't touch, don't handle" or you might become unclean and unfit for......for what? And yet inside we are full of anger, jealousy, envy, bitterness, hatred, dissatisfaction...etc.

So what if we don't go to "R" rated movies if we are jealous because Susie has a better husband, and if we'd only married better, we'd do better...

So what if we don't read "those books" if we are rebellious toward what God wants us to do for Him...

Am I all wet here??