Matthew 23:23 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.

Would you hire a mechanic to be responsible for your car maintenance who only knew how to put gas in the tank? Sounds silly doesn’t it? We would never entrust something so important to anyone so unqualified.

What I hear and see these days are scribes and Pharisees who have no understanding of the weightier matters and all they know how to do is fuel the tank. You can hear it in their speech. No understanding of right judgment, no mercy, no grace, all they do is fuel the fire.

We give opposition an opportunity to voice their understanding and when they speak, they show a lack of understanding of their own faith. They reflect only the fire for which they have been fueled. They are blind to everything except their own fire.

John 2:17 And his disciples remembered that it was written, The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up.

When all you have is fire and it consumes you, there is nothing left, not even ash.