Friday, October 27, 2017

A house divided against itself cannot stand

Morning: Psalm 31; Ezra 3:1-13; I Corinthians 16:10-24

A divided self or a divided heart says or believes one thing yet does another.  Hypocrisy literally means ‘pretending’ or ‘playing a part’, ‘play-acting’.  They accuse Jesus of using evil means to heal people, implying evil motivations and access to dark powers.  He suggests to them that pretending to be who you are not is one kind of brokenness; it cuts you off from yourself. You can find your way back from that. But making out that goodness is evil is a more profound brokenness, because it cuts you off from the source of your own possible wholeness and healing.

Graham

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