Matthew 21:28–32
The Bible4Jesus.com Podcast
About this episode
We live in an age that is drowning in good intentions and fine sounding words. Our culture, and sadly, much of the church, has mastered the art of the solemn nod. We say we love God, but we do not do what He says. We say we believe the Bible, but we live as practical atheists. It is the ancient problem of hypocrisy, the perennial temptation of the religious. Jesus, in the final week of His earthly ministry, is in Jerusalem, the very heart of Israel's religious establishment. He has cleansed the Temple, and now He is cleansing the doctrine. They are the guardians of the vineyard, and they want to know who gave this Galilean carpenter a permit to be doing and saying these things. In response, Jesus does what He so often does. He doesn't just answer their question; He takes a diagnostic image of their souls.