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In reply to the discussion: Mrs Betty Bowers, Re:This this puritanical pixie, and his placebo of prayer. [View all]ancianita
(41,096 posts)who exempt themselves from the burdens they force upon others.
"And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray ...that they may be seen of men...Be not ye like unto them..." (Matthew 6:5-8 KJV)
"O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh...an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forthe evil things. But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment (Matthew 12:34-36 KJV)
"...but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not. For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay those on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers. But all their works they do for to be seen of men...Matthew 23:3-5 KJV)
Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence. Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and dish, and then the outside also will be clean (Matthew 23:25-26 KJV).
"Ye blind guides, which strain on a gnat, and swallow a camel. (Mattew 23:24 KJV)
They need to repent but, like the felon (who has never uttered the name of Jesus), are too far gone to repent.
Pharisaic christian men like Johnson and his fellow prayers worship mammon, the devil of power and wealth, and will be damned for the damage they do to humans under their charge.
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