Our paragraph topic is: (Hypocrisy of the Scribes and Pharisees) Part 3.
Christ now teaches the disciples and the people about the Scribes and the Pharisees. He tells them to follow the rules and the regulations that proclaimed by the Scribes and the Pharisees because they have taken the Seat of Moses. He wants them to obey the laws. He wants them to understand the difference in what it means to be a Scribe or a Pharisee and the actions of leadership they take.
We follow our leaders and look up to them as examples. We practice their ways and model their speech and actions. But Christ tells the people: "And they bind together heavy and oppressive burdens, and lay them on men's shoulders; but not with one finger of their own do they choose to move them."
We follow those who lead us. They are the ones we look to, to give us direction and understanding of purpose. We listen to their speeches. We believe in their actions. We obey the rules and laws that they pass down to us because they are our leaders. We are solders who do without question the commands that are given us. We do not question their actions even though we may think that the commands we are given are wrong.
Christ wants us to see, to understand that the actions of those who lead us determine who they are. Their actions speak to the person that we follow. Their actions show us the contradictions of those that we follow. Our eyes must see and know the difference in what we hear and what we see. We should not be blind following those who would lead us to destruction.
Observe and do but do not act according to their works, he tells the crowd and the disciples. He came that we would have life and not death. He lived that we would know of a Father who loves us. He died that we could be justified as a people from the sins of the world. He ascended that we would know that he is in heaven waiting for us to come home. He is the example to follow. He is the guide. He is the Lord of all who seek to know his passion for us.
The Lord is with us in every situation that we encounter. He is our support and our shoulder in our time of need. Seek him and you will find your answer to the why of life. Follow him and he will lead the way. Trust him and he will give you peace.
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.
Christ now teaches the disciples and the people about the Scribes and the Pharisees. He tells them to follow the rules and the regulations that proclaimed by the Scribes and the Pharisees because they have taken the Seat of Moses. He wants them to obey the laws. He wants them to understand the difference in what it means to be a Scribe or a Pharisee and the actions of leadership they take.
We follow our leaders and look up to them as examples. We practice their ways and model their speech and actions. But Christ tells the people: "And they bind together heavy and oppressive burdens, and lay them on men's shoulders; but not with one finger of their own do they choose to move them."
We follow those who lead us. They are the ones we look to, to give us direction and understanding of purpose. We listen to their speeches. We believe in their actions. We obey the rules and laws that they pass down to us because they are our leaders. We are solders who do without question the commands that are given us. We do not question their actions even though we may think that the commands we are given are wrong.
Christ wants us to see, to understand that the actions of those who lead us determine who they are. Their actions speak to the person that we follow. Their actions show us the contradictions of those that we follow. Our eyes must see and know the difference in what we hear and what we see. We should not be blind following those who would lead us to destruction.
Observe and do but do not act according to their works, he tells the crowd and the disciples. He came that we would have life and not death. He lived that we would know of a Father who loves us. He died that we could be justified as a people from the sins of the world. He ascended that we would know that he is in heaven waiting for us to come home. He is the example to follow. He is the guide. He is the Lord of all who seek to know his passion for us.
The Lord is with us in every situation that we encounter. He is our support and our shoulder in our time of need. Seek him and you will find your answer to the why of life. Follow him and he will lead the way. Trust him and he will give you peace.
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.
