There are some things that are questionable.
Who you follow or who you associate with is one of those moments.
Do you want to be recognized around the crowd you are around?
This could be a group of people at work, friends or follow or a mentor.
The sad thing is no matter what you do or don't do, you could be associated with those people.
Are those people you want to be associated with?
There are people in my life I love to say that I am associated with or you can catch me hanging around.
There are a couple of mentors in my life that I absolutely love to spend any time with.
It's always a great time and I learn so much.
I think it's great we have people to look up to in life, no matter what our age is.
The hard question sometimes is do we want to associate ourselves with the people we follow?
The Pharisees, the well known hypocrites of their generation had followers and used their followers to try to trick Jesus.
Rather than the Pharisees question Jesus, instead they sent their disciples to question him.
Matthew 22:16-17…
"They sent their disciples to him along with the Herodians. "Teacher," they said. "We know you are a man of integrity and that you teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. You aren't swayed by men, because you pay no attentions to who they are. Tell us the, what is your opinion? Is it right to pay taxes to Caesar or not?"
Why would they send their disciples rather than do this themselves?
As a follower of a Pharisee, did they just go along with their spiritual leader and deny Jesus?
Does this mean they are corrupt people too?
Or are they just easily influenced and have their blinders up because they love their mentor or spiritual leader?
Either way they were sent to question Jesus.
Did they have a problem with this…?
I don't know.
Either way it was them that asked the questions to try to trick Jesus and not their mentors.
Jesus knows there motives, calls them hypocrites and asked why are they trying to trap him.
He responded (in greater detail) give to Caesar what's Caesar's and give to God what's God's.
How would that make you feel if you knew you were following a corrupt person?
You defended that person and you found out they were in the wrong.
What would that do to your spirit?
There is a saying guilty by association.
Are you around people you want to be associated with?
This doesn't mean you can't hang around with anyone.
Jesus spent the majority of his time hanging out with people with very questionable morals and ethics.
Yet he was doing this with a purpose and wouldn't be afraid to be around these people.
Are we sure we have the right motives?
The right idea of who would be a good person to look up too?
We all need someone to look up too.
Whether it's a spiritual leader, a senior when we are a freshman or just working for a boss you can respect.
We like to be associated with good people.
To have good people to look up too.
Do you have this?
Someone you can look up too, someone who will tell you the harsh truth and do it in a loving way?
Someone to be honest and someone you want to be more like?
Jesus had his followers and the Pharisees had their, make sure you prayerfully and listen to what God is telling you and who you should follow.
Have a great day.
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