Blessings in the Mighty Name of Yeshua Hamashiach!
Many Christians do a good job of keeping up appearances, the traditions ,rules, and rituals of religion. However, they neglect the demand of Yeshua to have a change of heart! I suppose it's because to look deep into the recesses of one's soul is to uncover many hurts that one may want to keep buried. Or, it could be the "original sin" pride that causes a person to think that there's nothing wrong with them. This is why it is so important that we surrender our hearts to Adonai for divine inspection. For only He knows what's in our hearts. Jeremiah 17:9-10 NIV
The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it? [10] “I the Lord search the heart and examine the mind, to reward each person according to their conduct, according to what their deeds deserve.”
Our world, cities, and neighborhoods need people who love much, instead of those Christians I mentioned before who are angry about the condition of the world but ignorant about the condition of their own hearts. If we intend to be the people God wants us to be, then we must be people who reveal Jesus in His mercy. “Blessed are the merciful.” God’s kind of mercy is not inherent within us until we find that mercy at the throne of God and begin to exercise the process of giving that mercy out.
Shalom
Pastor Williams