Some of you who have exalted the Jewish leaders and rabbis, practically worshipping the ground they walk on. After reading the above prerequisites, you may find yourself confused, despondent, disillusioned and disenchanted. Perhaps some of you may feel that you were happier and better off not knowing what’s lurking in their hearts.
Some of you initially perhaps were mad at me, the messenger… please remember the old adage “Don’t kill the messenger!” (smile)
My Dear brothers & sisters don’t let what was once love turn to hate!
See, it is easy to love nice people or those who we like… but how do you love a Pharisee who does the things they do? After reading the above prerequisites it may be hard for you to utter the words “I love them”, let alone mean it from your heart. Well, we have to say and mean it from the heart or “it don’t mean a thing”.
I remember when alcoholics and town drunks were despised and looked down upon. I’ve heard people refer to them as drunken bums and misfits. People (and decent church folk) would turn their nose up or turn their head away.
But one day, someone came along and said that alcoholism is a sickness, and the attitude towards the alcoholics began to change. Scorn and disgust were replaced with love and compassion.
When you read and see what the Pharisees of today are doing in the name of God; this is the fingerprint of a very sick, mentally unbalanced and disturbed group of people.
Now, don’t get me wrong! I don’t like to generalize, but I am talking about the Pharisees, Pharisee in the plural sense of the word, NOT ALL JEWS. Even Jesus had a few choice words to say about them.
But, the bottom line is, if you look at them (the Pharisees) as being sick, you will soon swell with love and compassion for them, a love more pure, perfect, and excellent than what you had for them before. Because, before you loved them because you thought they were righteous men of God.
Remember: You don’t help an alcoholic by giving him or her money, likewise with the Pharisees! If you want to help the alcoholic, give him or her the Gospel! If there are humanitarian needs to be addressed, give the money to a Christian/Messianic organization, church, congregation, or missionary in the area to administer. By all means, if you love a person or people group, who are sick from the top of their heads to the soles of their feet, and who have serious mental issues… please don’t give them money directly in their hands.
We need to take this concept of love and compassion a step further. We need to look at all unsaved people as being sick! And love them likewise and accordingly!
We need to learn to recognize those who are sick, lest we say to the Father, “When saw we thee sick?”
P.S.
Remember, Israel as a country has no Christians/Messianics in the Knesset, in their government, in their law enforcement, nor in their school administration! This is the recipe for chaos, confusion, hell on earth, and sickness. Eddie