You Hypocrites

“He answered and said to them, “Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written: ‘This people honors Me with their lips, But their heart is far from Me.”--Mk 7:6. Christ quoted Is 29:13 & this prophecy was a perfect fit for the actions of the spiritual phonies of that day; the Pharisees & Scribes. These religious leaders were angered by Jesus who rejected the ceremonies men added to the law that God had made. They followed the traditions of men because such teachings required only mechanical & thoughtless conformity without a pure heart. There are still many today that teach from mechanical & thoughtless conformity to bring in the masses & make the pulpit their cash cow.