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MARK 7:1-8Jesus Christ called the Pharisees hypocrites, why? Because they have added hundreds of their own rules and regulations to God’s holy laws, and then they tried to force people to follow these rules. They monitored the disciples of Jesus and accused them of not following their traditions of washing of hands before eating and went to ask Jesus the reason, that is why our Lord Jesus denounced their tradition. Jesus called them (the Pharisees) hypocrites because they worshipped God for the wrong reasons. Their worship was not motivated by love but by a desire to attain profit, to appear holy, and to increase their status. We became hypocrites when we pay more attention to reputation then to character, when we carefully follow certain religious practices while allowing our hearts to remain distant from God. Let our hearts be directed to God.

    Their worship was not motivated by love but by a desire to attain profit, to appear holy, and to increase their status.      

PRAYER: Draw me nearer to you that I will not be a hypocrite O Lord, in Jesus name.