There is a conspiracy circulating among us
concerning what has been done.
A secret so well kept it remains
unknown to almost everyone.

The REAL Jesus has been complicated,
obfuscated and implicated
in things He never said or did.

His message has been hijacked,
ransacked, side-tracked
and attacked.

His truths are denied,
uncried and falsified –
replaced with lies
and excused with alibies.

But Jesus sees us.

Where is the REAL Jesus?

He has been hidden,
overridden and forbidden
by those who call themselves
churches, prophets priests and kings
to foster an imposter
made of worldly things.

The savior King
born in the squalor of a manger
is a complete and total stranger
to these opulent and rich
who lay claim to
the holiness of His name.

The Pharisees lived in their
palaces of ease
surrounded by wealth,
they drank to their health.

You see birds have nests
and foxes have holes
but the Son of God had
no place to lay His head,
not a room, nor a bed
in the land of living dead.

It is clearly evident to me –
Jesus sees us.

Don't you find it funny
that a god made of money
is worshiped in what Jesus called
a house of prayer?

That so many believe
the ones who deceive
without mercy,
kindness or care?

They walk in their blindness
without any kindness.

To make sure that you get it
let me say this twice –
God requires mercy
but they offer sacrifice.

Is it in fashion
to serve God without passion?

They offer sacrifice
but God demands love.
They seek praise from each other
not from God above.

Let me make it
both clear and simple –
are you able
to turn over a table
or will you side with the money changers
outside the temple?

Who is your god?
Who do you trust?
You see the Pharisee
is us.
 

Jesus said
you can't serve two masters,
you'll love one and
despise the other.
So why are there prophets,
priests and pastors
who love money
and hate their brother?

Jesus said that
the whole world would know
By our kindness -
by the LOVE that we show!

Not the car that we drive
or the clothes that we wear.
Not by what we can buy
but by how much we care!
For the least of these,
His little ones...

 Which fate will you choose,
whose account will you keep –
that of the goats
or that of the sheep?

The difference was all
in what they did.

Was there food for the hungry?
Was there drink for the thirsty?
Or did we live our lives without
compassion or mercy?

You see He's watching us.
Jesus sees us.

Jesus said "love your enemies",
"bless those who hate and curse you",
but we don't even love those
who don't hate us - it's true.

Jesus said that they would kill
in the name of God - what's more,
they use the name of God to justify
acts of cruelty, blood and war.

They love it when everyone
speaks so well of them,
but Jesus said this world
would hate us because of Him.

Full of pride - they falter
as they approach the altar.
Thanking God they're not like others,
looking down upon their brothers.

When they give it's to be seen of men,
they fast so we will see,
how spiritual they are 
and how they pray "unceasingly".

It's a show for all to view,
a spectacle so grand,
as they reject the praise of God
and seek the accolades of man.

We honor our traditions
more than the words of God,
and hide our cold, dark hearts
behind a false facade.

Though they memorized the scriptures,
they knew God's word yet hated Him,
they could not recognize the Word
made Flesh standing before them.

 And still we memorize the words,
and follow ritual tradition,
we know the "words" but not the voice
of He who gave us our commission.

Who is your god? Who do you trust?
You see the Pharisee is us.

 All of this must change,
to our First Love we must return,
else all is done for naught,
all our efforts left to burn.

Wake up, you who love Him,
you whose hearts are loyal and true,
leave these lies behind
and seek the ONE who does love you.

It is so clearly evident -
Jesus sees us.
 

Luke 6:46 "“Why do you call me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ and do not do what I say?"

Luke 11:52 "Woe to you experts in the law, because you have taken away the key to knowledge. You yourselves have not entered, and you have hindered those who were entering."

Matthew 23:13 "Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let those enter who are trying to."

2 Corinthians 11:13-14 "Such men are false apostles, deceitful workmen, masquerading as apostles of Christ. And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light."

Phillipians 1:15 "Some preach Christ out of envy and rivalry..."

2 Peter 2:1 "But there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you."

1 John 4:1 "Do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world."

1 Timothy 6:5 "...who think that godliness is a means to financial gain."

1 Timothy 6:6-10 "But godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it. But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with that. People who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge men into ruin and destruction. For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs."

Luke 8:14 "The seed that fell among thorns stands for those who hear, but as they go on their way they are choked by life’s worries, riches and pleasures, and they do not mature."

Matthew 6:19-20 "Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven"

Matthew 23:15 "Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You travel over land and sea to win a single convert, and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a son of hell as you are!"

Matthew 7:15-16 "Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves. By their fruit you will recognize them."

Matthew 24:10-12 "At that time many will turn away from the faith and will betray and hate each other, and many false prophets will appear and deceive many people. Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold."

Matthew 24:24-25 "For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and miracles to deceive even the elect—if that were possible. See, I have told you ahead of time."

Mark 13:22-23 "For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform signs and miracles to deceive the elect—if that were possible. So be on your guard; I have told you everything ahead of time."

Luke 6:24-25 "But woe to you who are rich, for you have already received your comfort. Woe to you who are well fed now, for you will go hungry. Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep."

Luke 1:53 "He has filled the hungry with good things but has sent the rich away empty."

Luke 12:20-21 "But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be demanded from you. Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself? “ This is how it will be with anyone who stores up things for himself but is not rich toward God."

Matthew 8:20 "Jesus replied, “Foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head."

Matthew 21:12-13 "Jesus entered the temple area and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the benches of those selling doves. “It is written,” he said to them, “‘My house will be called a house of prayer,’ but you are making it a ‘den of robbers."

Matthew 6:24 "No one can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money."

Luke 11:42 "Woe to you Pharisees, because you give God a tenth of your mint, rue and all other kinds of garden herbs, but you neglect justice and the love of God. You should have practiced the latter without leaving the former undone."

Matthew 9:13 "But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners."

Matthew 12:7 "If you had known what these words mean, ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the innocent."

Luke 6:36 "Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful."

John 5:44 "How can you believe if you accept praise from one another, yet make no effort to obtain the praise that comes from the only God?"

John 12:43 "For they loved praise from men more than praise from God."

Matthew 6:14-15 "For if you forgive men when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive men their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins."

1 John 2:9 "Anyone who claims to be in the light but hates his brother is still in the darkness."

1 John 3:15 " Anyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life in him."

1 John 4:20-21 "If anyone says, “I love God,” yet hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen. And he has given us this command: Whoever loves God must also love his brother."

Luke 6:13 "No servant can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money."

Matthew 23:27-28 "Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of dead men’s bones and everything unclean. In the same way, on the outside you appear to people as righteous but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness."

John 13:34-35 "A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another"

Matthew 25:32-46 "All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left... For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink... whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me."

James 5:1-6 "Now listen, you rich people, weep and wail because of the misery that is coming upon you. Your wealth has rotted, and moths have eaten your clothes. Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and eat your flesh like fire. You have hoarded wealth in the last days. Look! The wages you failed to pay the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord Almighty. You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened yourselves in the day of slaughter. You have condemned and murdered innocent men, who were not opposing you."

Luke 14:13-14 "But when you give a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind, and you will be blessed. Although they cannot repay you, you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous."

Luke 16:19-25 "There was a rich man... At his gate was laid a beggar... In hell, where he was in torment... Abraham replied, ‘Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things, but now he is comforted here and you are in agony."

Luke 18:24 "How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!"

1 Timothy 6:17 "Command those who are rich in this present world not to be arrogant nor to put their hope in wealth."

James 1:11 "In the same way, the rich man will fade away even while he goes about his business."

James 2:5-7 "Has not God chosen those who are poor in the eyes of the world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom he promised those who love him? But you have insulted the poor. Is it not the rich who are exploiting you? Are they not the ones who are dragging you into court? Are they not the ones who are slandering the noble name of him to whom you belong?"

Revelation 3:17 "You say, ‘I am rich; I have acquired wealth and do not need a thing.’ But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked."

Luke 6:27-28 "But I tell you who hear me: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you. If someone strikes you on one cheek, turn to him the other also."

John 16:2 "In fact, a time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is offering a service to God."

Luke 6:22-23,26 "Blessed are you when men hate you, when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil, because of the Son of Man. “Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, because great is your reward in heaven. For that is how their fathers treated the prophets... Woe to you when all men speak well of you, for that is how their fathers treated the false prophets."

Matthew 24:9 "Then you will be handed over to be persecuted and put to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of me."

Luke 11:14 "Woe to you Pharisees, because you love the most important seats in the synagogues and greetings in the marketplaces."

Luke 11:46 "And you experts in the law, woe to you, because you load people down with burdens they can hardly carry, and you yourselves will not lift one finger to help them."

Luke 18:9-14 "To some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everybody else, Jesus told this parable: “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee stood up and prayed about himself: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other men—robbers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get.’ “But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner.’“I tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home justified before God. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted."

Matthew 6:2-3 "When you give to the needy, do not announce it with trumpets, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by men. I tell you the truth, they have received their reward in full. But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing"

Matthew 6:5-6 "When you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men. I tell you the truth, they have received their reward in full. But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen."

Matthew 6:16-17 "When you fast, do not look somber as the hypocrites do, for they disfigure their faces to show men they are fasting. I tell you the truth, they have received their reward in full. But when you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face, so that it will not be obvious to men that you are fasting"

Mark 7:6-8 "These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. They worship me in vain; their teachings are but rules taught by men. ’You have let go of the commands of God and are holding on to the traditions of men."

Mark 7:9 "You have a fine way of setting aside the commands of God in order to observe your own traditions!"

John 5:39-40 "You diligently study the Scriptures because you think that by them you possess eternal life. These are the Scriptures that testify about me, yet you refuse to come to me to have life."

Revelation 18:3 "For all the nations have drunk the maddening wine of her adulteries. The kings of the earth committed adultery with her, and the merchants of the earth grew rich from her excessive luxuries."

Revelation 18:4-5 "Come out of her, my people, so that you will not share in her sins, so that you will not receive any of her plagues; for her sins are piled up to heaven, and God has remembered her crimes."