WITH A SINCERE HEART
One of the BEST COMPLIMENTS=
I ever received=
Was from a local PASTOR=
A number of years ago
He said to me=
“You are the MOST SINCERE person
I have ever met”
What a great compliment=after all
Who had a more sincere heart
Than Jesus=NO ONE
He always did
What he said
''By what authority
Are you doing these things?” Matthew 21:23
The RELIGIOUS=at the time
Of Jesus=looked down
Upon him
In today's GOSPEL=
The chief priest and leaders
TRY to put Jesus
In a corner
But Jesus TURNED the tables
On them=and puts them
On the SPOT
Their question-
Was a TRAP=
But they were the ones
CAUGHT in it
You just can't trap Jesus=
He lives with a SINCERE HEART
“Love must be SINCERE=
Hate what is evil-
Cling to what is good
Be devoted
To ONE ANOTHER in love=
Honor one another=above yourselves” Romans 12:9
“........let us draw near to God
WITH A SINCERE HEART
And with the full assurance
That faith brings
Having our hearts sprinkled
To cleanse us
From a guilty conscience
And having our bodies washed
With pure water” Hebrews 10:20
The religious of Jesus' day
WERE BLIND-
To the heavenly source
Of the teachings
Of both John and Jesus
Jesus tells them
That BOTH tax collectors
And prostitutes
Have RESPONDED to the
Call of God=much BEFORE
The learned and the powerful
Being clean=and living
With a SINCERE HEART=
BEING HONEST
“Create in me
A pure HEART=oh God
And renew a steadfast spirit
Within me” Psalm 51:10
“Trust in the Lord
With all YOUR HEART
And lean not
On your own understanding” Proverbs 3:5
“Now that you have
Purified yourselves
By obeying the truth
So that you
HAVE SINCERE LOVE
For each other
Love one another deeply
FROM THE HEART” 1 Peter 1:22
There is a LESSON here
For all of us
Don't try debating points
But RESPOND
WITH SINCERITY=and humility
Of the heart
In Jesus' name=and in the name=of OUR EVER SINCERE and honest holy FATHER!
Robert P. Wallman
12-13-29
Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Greg Erlandson
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