Accepting Christ as the Messiah was a giant leap for the establishment Jewish leadership to digest. To make matters even worse, the apparent inclusion of the gentiles into this group was anathema, an unscalable wall of prejudice separating the two groups for generations had been deeply embedded into the fabric of their way of life. Culturally the Jews could not conceive of including the gentiles into their neat little collective society, with all its exclusivity and family tree and all. Years and years of the "us vs. them" mentality coupled with disdain and disgust ushered in the sin of prejudice. This sin prevented them from seeing their own Messiah right before their eyes. Sin will always cloud our judgment and interfere with our ability to connect with God.
Psalm 66:16-18
16 Come and hear, all you who fear God;
let me tell you what he has done for me.
17 I cried out to him with my mouth;
his praise was on my tongue.
18 If I had cherished sin in my heart,
the Lord would not have listened;
APPLICATION
To cherish my connection with the Holy Spirit and to confess quickly my sin so as to keep the lines of communication open and clear.
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