27 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs which on the outside appear beautiful, but inside they are full of dead men’s bones and all uncleanness.
28 “So you, too, outwardly appear righteous to men, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.” Matthew 23:25-28.
Let us continue to compare the Pharisees with Jesus.
The Pharisees “clean the outside of the cup and of the dish, but inside they are full of robbery and self-indulgence”. The Pharisees “are like whitewashed tombs which on the outside appear beautiful, but inside they are full of dead men’s bones and all uncleanness”.
Whereas, our Lord cleans us from the inside out. “You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you.” John 15:3 “… Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her, so that He might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, that He might present to Himself the church in all her glory, having no spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that she would be holy and blameless.” Ephesians 5:25-27.
“But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you.” Romans 8:11
In sharp black and white contrast to the “robbery”, “self-indulgence”, “dead men’s bones”, and “all uncleanness” inside the Pharisees, the Christian is cleansed and filled with the Holy Spirit and the fruit of the Spirit which “is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control …” Galatians 5:22-23.
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