Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and the prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God ahead of you. For John came to you to show you the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and the prostitutes did. And even after you saw this, you did not repent and believe him.
Matthew 21:31b-32
Jesus is talking to the religious elite. He is pointing out how their religious adherence has blinded them to the fact that they, too, were broken sinners in need of a savior. The “lesser” folks in society got it. The religious didn’t.
If you haven’t seen it already, there is a thought-provoking video floating around of a poem about living Jesus but hating religion. If you haven’t seen it, click over to my other blog (www.paulreiman.com) to check it out. It presents, in modern terms, how religion can blind us to what Jesus was about.
Let’s not get caught up in “being religious.” We all need to be saved from our brokenness.
Be God’s — every day.