HOLY WEEK (LENT 2024) - DAY 37 - Dealing with "severe critics"

In my Holy Week readings, what is really standing out to me is the "severe critics" who Jesus has had to deal with while teaching in the Temple.

These critics were the religious leaders of His day. They were the "Biblical" ones. They were the ones people looked up to for guidance and inspiration.

Today is no different. We may expect critics from OUTSIDE the faith, but in fact, some of the most diabolical ones are those with WITHIN THE CHURCH.

Is my use of the word, "diabolical" too strong? Possibly, but many of the critics are actually doing a lot of good work. So-called "discernment ministries" who have provided an amazing service helping others to assess false and/or distorted teachings.

But some of them have become "severe critics" - and what is revealed is not their "discernment" and/or their "rightly dividing the Word", but rather it is their UNBELIEF, and unbelief is sin! That is what is so diabolical about it - much if not most of what they do is godly and right. But that UNBELIEF that is mixed in brings spiritual pollution.

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