BLESSING ADMONITIONS

BLESSING ADMONITIONS
My Dear Precious Child,
    After the political Pharisees heard some of the parables taught by Jesus and did not understand any of them, and after they had seen him heal people, cast demons out of people and feed thousands of people only using five loaves of bread and two fish, they did not acknowledge Him as My Son.  They continued to harass and question Jesus Christ about the breaking of religious laws that He and His disciples did.  After Jesus walked on the sea and Peter did for a few steps, the Pharisees left Jerusalem and joined Jesus and His disciples in the countryside.  The Pharisees had some scribes with them because they had some nefarious deeds planned for Jesus.  The scribes were the lawmakers and the lawyers.   The Pharisees quizzed Jesus about why His disciples did not wash their hands before they ate, which was a rule handed down by the elders from the past.  (Matthew 15:1-2)
   As was the habit of Jesus Christ, He answered the Pharisees with a question.  He asked them why they transgress My laws in order to obey the rules that were merely tradition of the elders handed down from their forefathers.  Then He gave them an example.  He said that I commanded that they honor their father and mother and that whoever speaks evil or abuses or treats improperly their parents will surely come to the end by death.  (Matthew 15:3-4; Exodus 20:12) He further explained that if the Pharisees say to their parents that whatever money they have that might have helped their parents had already been dedicated to Me, therefore they felt they were no longer obligated to do My command to honor their parents.  Jesus told the Pharisees that whatever had been commanded by Me had been set aside for the traditions and rules of men, making My commands of no effect in their lives. (Matthew 15:5-6)
    Jesus wasted no words in His criticism of the Pharisees.  He called them hypocrites.  The said that they gave credence to the prophesy of Isaiah who wrote that the people draw near to Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me.  I said through Isaiah that they uselessly worship Me and teach as doctrines the commands of men instead of teaching My words.  (Matthew 15:7-9) 
    After addressing the Pharisees with such stern criticism, Jesus called the other people to him and told them to listen carefully to him so that they would grasp and understand His words.  He taught them a key to receiving My blessings in their lives on earth.  He told them that it's not what goes into a person's mouth that defiles him, but it's what comes out of his mouth that makes him unclean and defiled.  (Matthew 15;10-11) 
    Jesus' disciples came to Jesus to warn Him that the Pharisees were displeased and indignant at what Jesus had said about them.  In answering them, Jesus said that every plant that is not planted by Me will be torn up by its roots, speaking about the rules and traditions of men who add their rules to My Good News through Jesus Christ.  He told His disciples to leave them alone and to disregard their indignation.  He labeled the Pharisees as blind guides and blind teachers who were going to reap the seeds that they have planted in the minds of people.   He said they were blind and that the people who believed their words were also blind and both would fall into a ditch. (Matthew 15:12-14)
    Jesus' teachings in this setting are very important to you in your life.  His stern warning about the political and religious Pharisees being hypocrites needs to be believed and treasured by you.  He warned you that you will fall into the pit of hypocrisy if you model yourself after their teachings.  He also warned you that the Pharisees and scribes add their own rules and regulations to My own commandments and they demand equal obedience to their own dictates as if they are from Me.  In calling them hypocrites, Jesus was telling you that their lives only reflect what they say, not what they, themselves, do, which is what a hypocrite is.  He said that their future would include falling into a pit of deceit from which they might never get out.
    Every word that Jesus Christ taught is valuable, not only the parables.  The value in these two teachings reflect My truth that you must refuse to follow the teachings of the Pharisees and that you must be cautious that you don't accept their rules and traditions instead of accepting My words and the truths in them.
   Every word taught by Jesus is reflective of a key to your obtaining the benefits of having My blessings in your life on earth as a result of your being born of My Holy Spirit, baptized in My Holy Spirit, guided by My Holy Spirit and praying in the language of My Holy Spirit.  (John 20:21-23; Acts 2:1-4; Romans 8:14; Romans 8: 26-28; Ephesians 6:10-18)
    My words are filled with power and wisdom. Make your own words filled with power and wisdom from the Holy Spirit and you will inherit My kingdom in your life on earth.
    Your Father of Wise Counsel