"Do not judge according to appearance, but judge with righteous judgement" - John7:24
In the Old Testament God chose King David, not according to his stature or social class, but because of his heart. Now in the New Testament, Jesus, as stated above, rebukes the religious and social classes based upon their actions shown by appearance.
We can do all the right things, the wrong way. That is; we can pray, we can go to church, even fast, and read our bibles, but if we are just doing it for the appearance and not the right motivation, its wrong.
Jesus even tells us that we are to judge these things, but not according to what is seen, but according to the reason.
'Lord, Father, thank you for your mercy and truth, thank you for your love, and the grace that is so freely given. Let our motivations be for others, and not ourselves. Let us not look at people by what is shown, but what can be done, but first let us look at ourselves. Father, my prayer is change me beneath the top layer, change my heart and make it righteous, AMEN'
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