Mathew 23:23 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint, dill, and cummin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faith..."
This verse is a part of Jesus' radical criticism against the spirituality of the scribes and Pharisees of Jesus' time. They were pretended that they were following the law but Jesus' words reveals their hypocrisy in their attitude towards law.
1. Scribes and Pharisees given much importance to small things but neglected the primary and important things
2. Scribes and Pharisees given much weight to ritualistic way of living but failed to follow the life affirming spiritual practices like justice, mercy and faith....
3. They followed a spirituality in which they separated religious practices from their daily living......there was no relationship between spirituality and practical life.
We live in a different context and follows different faith practices.......
But the words of Christ still lives today.....it is echoing in and around us....
We have given much importance to many small things.....but knowingly or unknowingly neglected the primary and basic elements of Jesus' teachings....
Discuss the space of 'JUSTICE' in our spirituality.....how many of us are bothered about landless,homeless and the people who eat mud and leaves of the plants to sustain their lives...?
Do we think we should show 'MERCY' towards others..?..if we say YES....then why we still harden our hearts....? .....there is no mercy in the rules and regulations made by the POWERFUL......But we could see and hear Mercy in Jesus' words and actions.....find out the relationship between mercy and spirituality.......
What is the relationship between FAITH and LIFE....? Do we think FAITH in CHRIST has any impact in our daily living......
Sit with Christ and find out the important elements of our spirituality....
If we are following Christ...please........ give ear to Jesus' words...don't listen to the words of this world...............
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