Our paragraph topic is: (Hypocrisy of the Scribes and Pharisees) Part 2.
Jesus has spoken to the Pharisees, now he speaks to his disciples and to the crowd. He tells them about the burdens that they face from the rules and regulations made by the scribes and the Pharisees. Moses was their leader and he made judgements from the judgement seat. But since his death the scribes and the Pharisees have taken over the judgement seat of Moses and declared many new rules and laws.
So Jesus tells the disciples and the crowd to obey the commands given from the judgement seat of Moses because it is a sacred chair. He tells them: "All things, therefore, that they command you, observe and do. But do not act according to their works; for they talk but do nothing."
What examples do we have today of all talk and no action? Who gives us instructions on how to do something but no practical examples of how we may go about it? We try to follow the example but fail to have the success implied. We do everything that is given us but still without the results that we are shown. Get rich! Follow my lead! Do it this way; I have laid out all the step by step instructions. Pay this amount and you will get these results. They have figured out how to do it or at least tell us that it can be done.
Christ was a doer and not a talker. He came, leaving his high throne and his crown. He walked among us. He talked with us, danced with us, drank with us, suffered oppressions with us, and died for us. He didn't just talk the talk, he walked it also. He left the disciples with us as witnesses of the truth that he brought. They saw it all, witnessed it all, and spoke to us about it all. These books of the testament are not just writings of the disciples about some fictitious events that they saw. They are the writings of the word of God become man.
He is our example of how we should become in this time and age. We should be doers and not just talkers. We should show our faith in the works that we do for others. If there is love in our hearts for Christ, then there should be love in our hearts for others. We are children of God, all are the same. God is our Father who gave us life. Christ is our Lord who restored us to life. The Holy Spirit is our guide who leads us through life until we reach our home in the kingdom of heaven.
Be not like the Pharisees and the Scribes who do nothing. Live the life of Christ. Follow his example and spread the love that is so freely given to you. Let your heart be filled with that which comes from heaven and pass it own to everyone you meet. For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son that we might have life eternal with him. Help others to have it also.
Read the sign of the times! Read the Highlighted New Testament Bible and lift the scales from your eyes that you may see, that you may know, that you may find the truth of who you are in Christ. Read it as though you would read a good book, from cover to cover, and see for yourself. Do not study it in parts reading one passage nd then skipping to another, but read it for understanding. Read it for knowledge. Read it for faith. Read it that your eyes may be opened, that your ears may hear, that your heart may be filled with the light of Christ . The Holy Spirit awaits you. Christ seeks to know you. Open the door and let him in.
Jesus has spoken to the Pharisees, now he speaks to his disciples and to the crowd. He tells them about the burdens that they face from the rules and regulations made by the scribes and the Pharisees. Moses was their leader and he made judgements from the judgement seat. But since his death the scribes and the Pharisees have taken over the judgement seat of Moses and declared many new rules and laws.
So Jesus tells the disciples and the crowd to obey the commands given from the judgement seat of Moses because it is a sacred chair. He tells them: "All things, therefore, that they command you, observe and do. But do not act according to their works; for they talk but do nothing."
What examples do we have today of all talk and no action? Who gives us instructions on how to do something but no practical examples of how we may go about it? We try to follow the example but fail to have the success implied. We do everything that is given us but still without the results that we are shown. Get rich! Follow my lead! Do it this way; I have laid out all the step by step instructions. Pay this amount and you will get these results. They have figured out how to do it or at least tell us that it can be done.
Christ was a doer and not a talker. He came, leaving his high throne and his crown. He walked among us. He talked with us, danced with us, drank with us, suffered oppressions with us, and died for us. He didn't just talk the talk, he walked it also. He left the disciples with us as witnesses of the truth that he brought. They saw it all, witnessed it all, and spoke to us about it all. These books of the testament are not just writings of the disciples about some fictitious events that they saw. They are the writings of the word of God become man.
He is our example of how we should become in this time and age. We should be doers and not just talkers. We should show our faith in the works that we do for others. If there is love in our hearts for Christ, then there should be love in our hearts for others. We are children of God, all are the same. God is our Father who gave us life. Christ is our Lord who restored us to life. The Holy Spirit is our guide who leads us through life until we reach our home in the kingdom of heaven.
Be not like the Pharisees and the Scribes who do nothing. Live the life of Christ. Follow his example and spread the love that is so freely given to you. Let your heart be filled with that which comes from heaven and pass it own to everyone you meet. For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son that we might have life eternal with him. Help others to have it also.
Read the sign of the times! Read the Highlighted New Testament Bible and lift the scales from your eyes that you may see, that you may know, that you may find the truth of who you are in Christ. Read it as though you would read a good book, from cover to cover, and see for yourself. Do not study it in parts reading one passage nd then skipping to another, but read it for understanding. Read it for knowledge. Read it for faith. Read it that your eyes may be opened, that your ears may hear, that your heart may be filled with the light of Christ . The Holy Spirit awaits you. Christ seeks to know you. Open the door and let him in.
