“You Lock People Out of the Kingdom of Heaven”
First of all, O God, let those of us who are leaders and teachers count on nothing but your grace to bring us into your kingdom.
Second of all, O God, let those of us who are leaders and teachers live so close to Christ that we think, talk, and act in ways that his followers ought to think, talk, and act.
Third of all, O God, let those of us who are leaders and teachers lead and teach others the truth of who you are and the truth about following a grace-filled and love-filled Lord.
Fourth of all, O God, let those of us who are leaders and teachers lead and teach others in such a way that it is you and not us that they are in fact following.
Amen.
“‘But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you lock people out of the kingdom of heaven. For you do not go in yourselves, and when others are going in, you stop them. Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you cross sea and land to make a single convert, and you make the new convert twice as much a child of hell as yourselves.” (Matthew 23:13-15)
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