PHARISAICAL- by Steve Finnell

 

PHARISAICAL- by Steve Finnell over at Christian-With-A-View

 

Are the modern day Pharisees those who believe you have to follow Biblical doctrine in order to be saved, in example: FAITH (John 3:16) REPENTANCE (Acts 2:38, Acts 3:19) CONFESSION (Romans 10:9-10) BAPTISM (Mark 16:16, 1 Peter 3:20-21)? Are the contemporary Pharisees those who teach that Christians, who make sin a lifestyle, will not inherit the kingdom of God (1 Corinthians 6:6-11, Galatians 5:19-20)?

 

WAS THE PROBLEM WITH THE PHARISEES THAT THEY KEPT GOD'S LAWS TO THE LETTER? ABSOLUTELY NOT!

 

Matthew 3:4-7...7But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for baptism, he said to them, "You brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

 

John the Baptist was not calling the Pharisees vipers because they were keeping God's laws to the letter.

 

Matthew 5:20 "For I say to you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven.

 

Jesus did not question the righteousness of the Pharisees because they were living their lives according to the letter of God's laws. They were not even close.

 

Matthew 16:6-12 ....12 Then they understood that He did not say to beware of the leaven of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

 

Jesus was warning against the teaching of the Pharisees because it was not God's doctrine, it was man-made teaching.

 

Matthew 23:13-33......You serpents, you brood of vipers, how will you escape the sentence of hell?

 

Did Jesus refer to the Pharisees as serpents and ask them how they would escape hell, because they were keeping the letter of God's laws?

 

Mark 7:1-9 .....9 He was also saying to them, "You are experts at setting aside the commandments of God in order to keep your tradition.

 

Jesus made it very clear that the Pharisees did not keep God's laws to the letter. The problem with the Pharisees was they were KEEPING

THEIR MAN-MADE TRADITIONS!

 

IF THE DOCTRINE YOU FOLLOW CONTRADICTS SCRIPTURE, THEN, IT IS MAN-MADE TRADITION.

 

DON'T BE PHARISAICAL!

 

NOTE: I put this post up by Steve Finnell because as Christians we have to discern what our pastors are teaching man-made doctrine or God’s doctrine.  This gives idea of how to discern it. Read your Bible so you are not lead astray.