As we’ll see, Jesus launches a volley of woes at people who have well-earned it.
A WOE IS NOTHING MORE THAN A CURSE THAT WARNS OF AN IMPENDING CATASTROPHE, UNLESS CURRENT BEHAVIOR IS NOT CORRECTED. DOOM CAN ONLY BE AVERTED BY SWIFT REPENTANCE.
Luke 11:37-54
ANYTHING BUT THE TRUTH IS DAMNING DECEPTION.
“Eating bread without previously washing the hands is like having intercourse with a harlot.”
Romans 1:22-23
RELIGION BLINDS PEOPLE TO THE TRUTH.
H. G. Wells described it:
“{Jesus} was like some terrible moral huntsman digging mankind out of the snug burrows in which they had lived hitherto. In the white blaze of this kingdom of his there was no property, no privilege, no pride and precedence, no motive indeed and no reward but love. Is it any wonder that men were dazzled and blinded and cried out against him?”
“Moralism grounds change in cleansing the outside while ignoring the inside.” – Owen Strachan
GOD WANTS YOUR HEART.
Galatians 5:22-23
Ephesians 5:17
Randy Alcorn once said: “GOD’S TRUTHS ARE NOT BRICKS TO THROW AT PEOPLE. THEY ARE BREAD TO FEED PEOPLE.”
Charles Spurgeon carry us forward in faith: “My dear friend, I am a poor sinner still, and I have to look to Christ every day as I did at the very first.”