The Lord is awe-inspiring, fearsome, fascinating, intriguing, majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of him and what came to my heart and mind in Matthew 27:6-8,
"The chief priests picked up the coins and said, 'It is against the law to put this into the treasury, since it is blood money.' So they decided to use the money to buy the potter's field as a burial place for foreigners. That is why it has been called the Field of Blood to this day."
Talk about straining out gnats and swallowing camels! Just as many "do-gooders", these pillars of virtue are oh-so-very-careful to not allow some perceived minor transgression take place in the midst of something much more morally horrific they were pursuing - murdering the Son of God! This "blood money" was provided by these very same men to secure the delivery of Jesus into their hands. Now they are careful to see this money didn't make it into the temple treasury - that just wouldn't do! How lofty of them to provide for the foreigners that die in their midst!
The notion these chief priests and elders just didn't recognize who Jesus was and sought to stop what they thought was the blasphemy of Jesus' words and led to their actions out of a mistaken reverence for God falls apart when we read what Pilate knew to be true, "For he [Pilate] knew it was out of self-interest that they had handed Jesus over to him." Verse 18.
No, the feigned concern for the purity of the temple treasury by these religious leaders had nothing to do with reverence for God and everything to do with their own murderous sinful hearts.
These were the moral "do-gooders" of the day. Beware of the moral do-gooders!!
A blog with my ruminations over the years can be found here: http://worshipfortoday.blogspot.com/
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to hear from you!
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"The chief priests picked up the coins and said, 'It is against the law to put this into the treasury, since it is blood money.' So they decided to use the money to buy the potter's field as a burial place for foreigners. That is why it has been called the Field of Blood to this day."
Talk about straining out gnats and swallowing camels! Just as many "do-gooders", these pillars of virtue are oh-so-very-careful to not allow some perceived minor transgression take place in the midst of something much more morally horrific they were pursuing - murdering the Son of God! This "blood money" was provided by these very same men to secure the delivery of Jesus into their hands. Now they are careful to see this money didn't make it into the temple treasury - that just wouldn't do! How lofty of them to provide for the foreigners that die in their midst!
The notion these chief priests and elders just didn't recognize who Jesus was and sought to stop what they thought was the blasphemy of Jesus' words and led to their actions out of a mistaken reverence for God falls apart when we read what Pilate knew to be true, "For he [Pilate] knew it was out of self-interest that they had handed Jesus over to him." Verse 18.
No, the feigned concern for the purity of the temple treasury by these religious leaders had nothing to do with reverence for God and everything to do with their own murderous sinful hearts.
These were the moral "do-gooders" of the day. Beware of the moral do-gooders!!
A blog with my ruminations over the years can be found here: http://worshipfortoday.blogspot.com/
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to hear from you!
If you have someone you would like to receive these ruminations, send me their email address. I'm happy to add them to the list. If you are receiving this and would like to be removed from the list, just respond and let me know.
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