Matthew 23:16, 17, 21, 22 The Woes Part 3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Woe to you who claim the world

Presides over the Word,

For you have lost sight of the truth

That you have known and heard.

 

You place your faith in creation

And not the creator,

You live for what you hold right now

And lose what lies in store.

 

For all the heavens and the earth,

Though vast in their array,

Will crumble into dust once more

And then just blow away.

 

While He who formed them with a word

And washed them in His light

Will hold within His hand the souls

Who look with faith, not sight.

 

Let your hope rest, not in this world,

Its power and its gold,

But in the Word, the way, the life,

The truth that we can hold.

 

Matthew 23:16-17, 21-22

“Woe to you, blind guides, who say, ‘If anyone swears by the temple, it is nothing, but if anyone swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath.’ You blind fools! For which is greater, the gold or the temple that has made the gold sacred?

 

21-22 And whoever swears by the temple swears by it and by him who dwells in it. And whoever swears by heaven swears by the throne of God and by him who sits upon it.