Matthew 23:23
“ Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint and dill and cummin, and have neglected the weightier provisions of the law: justice and mercy and faithfulness; but these are the things you should have done without neglecting the others.
The weighty matters of the law (and of the Christian faith) are justice, mercy, and faithfulness. There are other things we ought to be doing, but none as important as these. Indeed, from the tenor of Christ's words in the passage if one is not concerned about justice, mercy, and faithfulness, one is not committed to God himself, no matter how one swears one is, or one's outward appearance. This is sobering.
Let us then, as followers of Christ, place justice, mercy, and faithfulness where they belong: at the top of our concerns and aims.
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