FIFTH WOE

“Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypo-
crites! for ye make clean the outside of the
cup and of the platter, but within they are
full of extortion and excess. Thou blind
Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within
the cup and platter, that the outside of them
may be clean also” Matthew 23: 25,26.

This, of course, is condemnation of externalism.
They are careful about externals, but are indif-
ferent toward internals.

They want the outside of their life to look
clean but they leave filthy things (evil thoughts)
on the inside. They do not know that outward
purity is an outgrowth of internal cleansing.
When a person knows the forgiveness of sin in
his life, and he walks with the Lord, there is a
serenity about him.

“And the peace of God, which passeth all
understanding, shall keep your hearts and
minds through Christ Jesus” Philippians 4:7.