"YOU HYPOCRITES!!"

Well, look who’s shown up...scribes and Pharisees.  (Matt 15:1-20)           
How far have they come?                                                                  
Maybe 150kms - just to berate Jesus over eating with ‘dirty’ hands!           


What about that other tradition you guys uphold?...                               
...get out of providing for your parents by giving money (to the temple).

Yup, it was just 5 words that helped me realize the cult I grew up in was wrong to teach me to not honour my dad:

“Honour thy father and mother”

So what’s the root of the problem?                                                                     
The sinfulness of Man...                                                      

Mr. Two Faced Hypocrite

murders (Commandment #6), adulteries/fornications (#7), thefts (#8), false witness (#9), blasphemies (#3)

...hang on, we missed one...          
Have you ever had an evil thought? (#10)

"I AM"

Woah! Whatever is happening here? (Matt 14:22- )                                              Jesus has just fed thousands of hungry people with just 5 fishburgers before sending them  on their way.  

Now the real King is praying.  What humility and dependence!

Meanwhile His disciples are trying to row against a Sea of Galilee storm for most of the night, until these grown men cry out in fear, seeing their Master... walking ON the sea!  

Notice what He says...

“Be of good cheer. It is I. Be not afraid”                                              

...in other words: “Take courage, I AM [‘ego eimi’] fear not”

"Why did you doubt?"

What does Matthew remember about this trip?...                                 

Peter lost faith and nearly drowned trying to walk on water but then the ‘I AM’ came aboard to quieten the storm and...                                                       

...all on-board worshipped Jesus as ‘the Son of God’!

This is the only time we hear of Jews collectively prostrating in worship of Jesus as Son of God.

                                                                                            
What is the message for the coming storm of the Tribulation detailed in The Revelation?  

“Fear not”