DCLM Daily Manna 20 September 2022 Devotional | Deeper Life Devotional Guide By Pastor W.F Kumuyi

DCLM Daily Manna 20 September 2022 Devotional for Tuesday

TOPIC: Shun All Hypocrisy

TEXT: Luke 11:37-54
37. And as he spake, a certain Pharisee besought him to dine with him; and he went in, and sat down to meat.

1. And when the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled that he had not first washed before dinner.

2. And the Lord said unto him, Now do ye Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of ravening and wickedness.

3. Ye fools, did not he that made that which is without make that which is within also?

4. But rather give alms of such things as ye have; and, behold, all things are clean unto you.

5. But woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of God; these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.

6. Woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye love the uppermost seats in the synagogues, and greetings in the markets.

7. Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are as graves which appear not, and the men that walk over them are not aware of them.

8. Then answered one of the lawyers, and said unto him, Master, thus saying thou reproachest us also.

9. And he said, Woe unto you also, ye lawyers! for ye lade men with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers.

10. Woe unto you! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.

11. Truly ye bear witness that ye allow the deeds of your fathers; for they indeed killed them, and ye build their sepulchres.

12. Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they shall slay and persecute;

13. That the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation;

14. From the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, which perished between the altar and the temple; verily I say unto you, It shall be required of this generation.

15. Woe unto you, lawyers! for ye have taken away the key of knowledge; ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering in ye hindered.

16. And as he said these things unto them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to urge him vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many things;

17. Laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him.

KEY VERSE:
“Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are as graves which appear not, and the men that walk over them are not aware of them.” – (Luke 11:44).

DCLM Daily Manna 20 September 2022 Devotional MESSAGE

One of the most grievous offenses one can commit against God is to be hypocritical. This is pretending to be what you are not. It is to claim to be a child of God, when you know full well that your life does not measure up to His holy standard. It is to demand from others a level of integrity that is absent from one’s own life. God detests hypocrisy in whatever form it manifests.

Jesus condemned “a certain Pharisee” who was His host for elevating unimportant matters like washing of hands which, in any case, was originally intended for priests only, but now made mandatory for all. He chided the Pharisees for their unwillingness to help the poor while insisting on the payment of tithe. He rebuked them for making high demands from ordinary people while excusing themselves from such rigour. (DCLM Daily Manna 20 September 2022 Devotional)

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He accused them of making other people unclean through their sullied spiritual lives. He condemned them not just for persecuting prophets of God, but rejecting the Almighty Himself. He chided them for erroneously interpreting the Scriptures and therefore, misleading and preventing people from coming to Christ. Rather than being contrite and sober, they started seeking means to trap Him into making blasphemous statements.

On no account should we turn ourselves into masters deserving adulation by the people of God, for such is the beginning of hypocrisy. We must watch over our lives to ensure we do not set for others standards far stiffer than that demanded by God. We must also not hold others to the injunctions of Scriptures while disobeying the same command. The best way to influence people positively is to let our lives express practically, what God expects from them.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:
If your life were a book, what would others read in it?

THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:
Numbers 31 – 32

DCLM Daily Manna 20 September 2022 Devotional | Deeper Life Devotional Guide was written by Pastor W. F. Kumuyi; is the founder and General Superintendent of the Deeper Life Bible Church situated at KM 42 on the busy Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Nigeria. DCLM Daily Manna 20 September 2022