"You have stolen the key to knowledge. You yourselves do not enter and you prevent from entering those who want to enter." The words of God given by Jesus Christ in His ministry in early first century AD. This is still relevant and the words never pass away. The knowledge necessary to understand scripture and obey commands of God in scripture according to true knowledge and understanding remains available to some educated in religious history sufficiently well to understand but so many with this knowledge fail to follow it through to actual true obedience because of lack of love towards God. Others who love God are unable to understand scripture confidently enough to obey the commands of God like the Christ Jesus taught and the knowledgable ones do not help enough. The dicotomy widens. The hypocrisy of the knowledgable is merely a stumbling block to those willing and wanting to be true followers of God. Holding to the life-giving words of God as testified to by Jesus Christ His Son is key. The teaching against such hypocrisy chastens and cuts to the heart the knowing hypocrite if they are not too hard hearted. The teaching encourages the budding would-be disciples to know that Jesus and the Father and Holy Spirit are aware of the problem and concerned for the ignorant who want to learn and understand. The Holy Spirit can and does break the deadlock by revelation of the true counsel of God and testimony of Jesus applying it in real situations to those who believe God.
