Long ago, Jesus made this surprising statement:

What sorrow awaits you teachers of the religious law and you Pharisees. Hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs—beautiful on the outside but filled on the inside with dead people’s bones and all sorts of impurity.

What a powerful image! And Jesus wasn’t talking to the rejected people of society…rather, these were the powerful religious leaders who claimed to be holy.

Have you ever been hurt by religion? Maybe it’s a scary thought to even think about spirituality. Jesus does not use religion as a weapon to control, to punish or to push people away. And as you see here, He gets most upset when others do.

Jesus is not the one who hurt you. And He wants you to find safety, healing, and restoration in His loving arms.

Scriptural Reference: Matthew 23:27

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