Legalists Gal 5:7-15
Galatians 5:7-15 Legalists CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Legalists are people who try to suffocate your faith with rules. They try to get you back under the law. They try to get control of your liberty by making you do what they say, the way they say it. They are trouble makers and a hindrance (v. 7) […]
Are You a Pharisee Matt. 23:1-33
Are You a Pharisee Matt. 23 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO We must be careful not to be Pharisees. From our text in Matt 23:1-33, we find what constitutes a Pharisee. You are a Pharisee if: You exalt men above God – Matt 23:1-5 – you work to be seen of men. Man’s approval is more important […]
They Were Righteous
Luke 18: 9-14 The Pharisee And The Publican CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO The Audience addressed by this parable was the self-righteous crowd. They trusted in themselves that “they were righteous.” To illustrate their true unrighteousness Jesus compared a Pharisee to a Publican. Observe: The Pharisee’s: Confident Approach – “he stood and prayed thus with himself” […]
Matthew 23:34-39 The Pharisees Willful Rejection
Following Jesus’ scathing rebuke of the Pharisees, he pronounced judgments against them for their willful rejection of him. Notice in verse 37 the statement “ye would not.” Jesus was willing to gather the children of Israel to himself but they willfully rejected him. As a result, God would: Send them witnesses, whom they would kill, […]
Mathews 23:16-33 The Blind Pharisees
The Pharisees were blinded to the truth by their self-righteousness, their traditions and their misunderstanding of the law. They failed to see that the man preaching to them was their Messiah. They failed to perceive their hypocrisy. They thought they were so pure and yet they were bloody killers. Yet, they were blind pharisees. You […]
Matthew 23:13-15 Hypocritical Pharisees
The Pharisees were hypocrites and the Lord spared nothing in giving them a scathing rebuke in this chapter. A hypocrite is someone who pretends to be something he’s not; someone who pretends to be virtuous and pious. The Lord saw through their outward show and cut them to their heart when he exposed them. Here’s […]
Matthew 23:1-12 The Exalted Pharisees
The Pharisees were the bane of Jesus’ ministry. So, right before his crucifixion, he warned his disciples about them and preached them under a terrible conviction. In this first part of his sermon, the Lord dealt with the fact that the Pharisees had exalted themselves and he commanded his disciples not to follow their example. […]
Matthew 22:15-40 How They Might Entangle Him
In a prior lesson, we saw that the Pharisees questioned Jesus’ authority for clearing out the Temple in Matt 21. In response to their question, he trapped them by asking a question regarding John’s baptism that they refused to answer for fear of incrimination. While he had their audience he preached several parables against them. […]
Matthew 16:6-12 The Leaven of the Pharisees
Matt 16:6-12 The Leaven of the Pharisees CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Jesus called the doctrine of the Pharisees and Sadducees the leaven of the Pharisees. He did this not to confuse his disciples but to illustrate the effects of bad doctrine. First, he upbraided the disciples for their lack of understanding (v. 9, 11). If they had […]
Matthew 12:1-3 Guiltless on the Sabbath
Matt 12:1-13 Guiltless on the Sabbath CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO The trouble here is that the Pharisees were trying to find a way to condemn Jesus. They were trying to catch him in a fault. The easiest way was to watch him on the sabbath and accuse him of breaking that law. The Jews were commanded […]