You Can’t Follow Jesus and Donald Trump
But I suppose you could be a Pharisee for our POTUS.
If you believe what the Bible says about Jesus, you know that he was a pretty outspoken dude with a knack for pissing off the religious leaders (scribes, Pharisees, and Sadducees) of his day. Let’s be honest. Jesus talking shit — at the very least, shit they didn’t like — is exactly what got him crucified.
It’s not surprising that these people didn’t like Jesus, since he was so vocal about their hypocrisy. He also criticized their lack of humility.
Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples, “The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses’ seat, so do and observe whatever they tell you, but not the works they do. For they preach, but do not practice. They tie up heavy burdens, hard to bear, and lay them on people’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to move them with their finger. They do all their deeds to be seen by others. For they make their phylacteries broad and their fringes long, and they love the place of honor at feasts and the best seats in the synagogues and greetings in the marketplaces and being called rabbi by others. But you are not to be called rabbi, for you have one teacher, and you are all brothers. And call no man your father on earth, for you have one Father, who is in heaven. Neither be called…
