Thursday, October 8, 2015
Pharisees - The Evil Of The
Bible Questions Answered:
“The Pharisees did not like Jesus
what drove them to do the bad things they did...?”
Kelly/ Chicago, Illinois U.S.A.
Bible Answer:
Bible Texts:
The Sin Of Pride:
Matthew 23:1-12 KJV
1 Then spake Jesus to the multitude,
and to His disciples,
2 Saying The scribes and the
Pharisees sit in Moses' seat:
3 All therefore whatsoever they bid
you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works:
for they say, and do not.
4 For they bind heavy burdens and
grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they
themselves will not move them with one of their fingers.
5 But all their works they do for
to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and
enlarge the borders of their garments,
6 And love the uppermost rooms at
feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues,
7 And greetings in the markets, and
to be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi.
8 But be not ye called Rabbi: for
one is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren.
9 And call no man your father upon
the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.
10 Neither be ye called masters: for
one is your Master, even Christ.
11 But he that is greatest among you
shall be your servant.
12 And whosoever shall exalt himself
shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.
The Sin Of
Hypocrisy:
Matthew 23:13-15
KJV
13 But woe unto
you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of
heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer
(Permit) ye them that
are entering to go in.
14 Woe unto
you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses,
and for a pretense make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the
greater damnation.
15 Woe unto
you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land
to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more
the child of hell than yourselves.
The Sin Of
Spiritual Blindness:
Matthew 23:16-22
KJV
16 Woe unto
you, ye blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple,
it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple,
he is a debtor!
17 Ye fools and
blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that
sanctifieth the gold?
18 And,
Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever
sweareth by the gift that is upon it, he is guilty.
19 Ye fools and
blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or the altar that
sanctifieth the gift?
20 Whoso
therefore shall swear by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things
thereon.
21 And whoso
shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth
therein.
22 And he that
shall swear by heaven, sweareth by The Throne Of God, and by Him that
sitteth thereon.
The Sin Of Being
Merciless:
Matthew 23:23-24
KJV
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.
24 Ye blind
guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.
The Sin Of An
Evil Heart:
Matthew 23:25-36
KJV
25 Woe unto
you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside
of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion
and excess.
26 Thou blind
Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter,
that the outside of them may be clean also.
27 Woe unto
you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited
sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within
full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness.
28 Even so ye
also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of
hypocrisy and iniquity.
29 Woe unto
you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of
the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous,
30 And say, If
we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been
partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.
31 Wherefore ye
be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which
killed the prophets.
32 Fill ye up
then the measure of your fathers.
33 Ye serpents,
ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?
34 Wherefore,
behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some
of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge
in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city:
35 That upon
you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the
blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias,
whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.
36 Verily I say
unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation.
The Pharisees were filled with the sins of pride, hypocrisy,
spiritual blindness, mercilessness, and an evil heart.
Our self righteous ego may fool us into thinking, surely we do not
fall into any such categories, but The Word reminds us...
Jeremiah 17:9
KJV
The heart is
deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
Question:
Ecclesiastes
7:24 KJV
That which is
far off, and exceeding deep, who can find it out?
Answer:
I Samuel 16:7
KJV
"...
The Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward
appearance, but The Lord looketh on the heart.
Jeremiah 17:10
KJV
I The Lord
search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according
to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.
Matthew 12:25
KJV
And Jesus knew
their thoughts..."
Matthew 22:18 KJV
But Jesus knew
their evil motives..."
Mark 2:8 KJV
Jesus knew
immediately what they were thinking..."
Luke 6:8 KJV
But He knew
their thoughts..."
Luke 11:17 KJV
But He, knowing
their thoughts..."
John 2;25 NLT
No one needed
to tell Him about human nature, for He knew what was in each person’s
heart.
May we always
seek The Lord, to have His way in our heart.
Deuteronomy
5:28,29 KJV
28 "...and
The Lord said...
29 O that there
were such an heart in them, that they would fear Me, and keep all My
commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their
children for ever!
I Chronicles
28:9 KJV
And thou,
Solomon My son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve Him with a
perfect heart and with a willing mind: for The Lord searcheth all
hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if
thou seek Him, He will be found of thee; but if thou forsake Him, He
will cast thee off for ever.
Jeremiah 24:7
KJV
And I will give
them an heart to know Me, that I am The Lord: and they shall be My
people, and I will be their God: for they shall return unto Me with
their whole heart.
Ezekiel 11:19,20
KJV
19 And I will
give them one heart, and I will put a new Spirit within you; and I
will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them an
heart of flesh:
20 That they
may walk in My statutes, and keep Mine ordinances, and do them: and
they shall be My people, and I will be their God.
Luke 8:15 KJV
But that on the
good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard
The Word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.