Lip Service.

I believe that God says of Fundamentalist and Evangelical Christians what Jesus said of the Pharisees:

"These people draw near me with their mouths 

and honor me with their lips,

but the hearts are far from me,

and their worship of me is a human

commandment learned by rote."

Isaiah 29:13 (NRSV)

This is quoted by Jesus in Matthew 15:8,9 and Mark 7:6,7 (NRSV)

And it is true of much of his Church today.

They point the finger as Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar pointed the finger at the sores and boils on Job's body and insisted that God was punishing him.

But Job is justified in the end.   

God says to Job's accusers: "You have not spoken of me what is right, as my servant Job has."  Job 42:7 (NRSV)

And so we will be justified in the end.

And the hypocrites will be put to shame.

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