What does Jesus say about those who say they know Him yet don’t?
In these verses He is speaking to the ones who are “religious” but yet are offended by Him and His followers. Here’s what He said:
“These people draw near to Me with their mouth, and honor me with their lips but their heart is far from Me”
These are people who may go to church, be part of a denomination, say they believe in God, pray with their mouth. Yet their heart, their true selves, the way they live their lives, is far from the Lord’s way and what He says in His Word.
”In vain they worship Me, teaching as doctrine the commandments of men” Matthew 15:8-9
They spend their whole lives following a religion, perhaps that their parents followed, that teach things that are not even in the Bible, but man made, and in fact, against the Bible. They think they are OK because I’m a __________.
This chapter goes on to say that these religious ones, who think they will be saved from their works and what church they belong to, get offended at those who speak the truth.
So when someone claims that your faith offends them what do you do?
In verse 14 Jesus says “Let them alone”. You don’t owe them an answer because they are not asking a question. They are accusing. He goes on to say they are “the blind leading the blind and both will fall into a ditch.”
Meanwhile pray for such that perhaps they will humble themselves and repent that the Lord may forgive them. That they would sit quietly before the Lord and ask Him where they stand. That He would open their eyes so they won’t be blind anymore. That they would open the Bible they claim to follow and ask the Lord to speak to them through it.
The gospel of John is a good place to start.
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