Mercy not Sacrifice
Sept 8, 2019 7:55:26 GMT -5
Post by Radrook Admin on Sept 8, 2019 7:55:26 GMT -5
Mercy not Sacrifice
Trump's Evangelical supporters were offended by his use of "god-damn"?
www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2019/aug/12/trump-news-today-jeffrey-epstein-elections-2020-politics-latest?page=with:block-5d519e878f0896be8f8f7ee5#block-5d519e878f0896be8f8f7ee5
www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2019/aug/12/trump-news-today-jeffrey-epstein-elections-2020-politics-latest?page=with:block-5d519e878f0896be8f8f7ee5#block-5d519e878f0896be8f8f7ee5
So Trump's Evangelicals are sensitive to his use of that phrase but quite content with his urging them to be racist? This is the kind of hypocrisy that gives Christianity a bad name. Not true Christianity, of course, but what people have chosen to identify as Christianity.
It reminds me of the scripture that talks about filtering the gnat but swallowing the camel-a trait very characteristic of the Pharisees who were very meticulous in the observance of minute traditional details but who overlooked the far more important aspects of the Mosaic Law that required to showing of mercy and compassion towards our fellow man.
Mercy not Sacrifice
“I desire mercy, not sacrifice” (Matthew 12:7)
Matthew 23:
…23Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You pay tithes of mint, dill, and cumin, but you have disregarded the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former. 24You blind guides! You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel. 25Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence
Matthew 23:
…23Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You pay tithes of mint, dill, and cumin, but you have disregarded the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former. 24You blind guides! You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel. 25Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence