Our paragraph topic is: (Hypocrisy of the Scribes and Pharisees) Part 6.
These were the times in which the people lived. The Scribes and the Pharisees were the caretakers of the people of Israel and the Jews. It was their job to see that the law was taught and understood by the people. They were the teachers. They were the learned. They were the authority for the people. And the Romans were the authority over them.
The Scribes and the Pharisees considered their job description to include binding heavy and oppressive burdens for the people. They had to make sure that the people suffered so that they would follow the Law and not rise up against the ruling class. They loved the front seats in the synagogues, the first places at suppers, and to be called Rabbi. But Christ told the people: "But do not you be called 'Rabbi'; for one is your Master, and all you are brothers."
It was important that the people understood the significance of Master. God created all men equal in his image and likeness. We are all children of light, one not more or less than another. We live in a world that makes distinctions of who we are. We are subconsciously given to categorize each other. One has more money than another. One is prettier than another, one is more athletic than another, more intelligent, more witty, more loving, more etc... This is how and where we live. But we all are the same, children of our Father in heaven, who sees us all as the same.
Christ came to teach us how to live, how to love, and how to see who we are. He is our example in life. He brings peace to those who understand who they are in him. We have life. We have love. We have protection and guidance and provision for everything that we need in life. And we have joy and fulfillment in the transformation of this life to that which we are in heaven.
Our life is simple. Carry the message. Live the life of peace. Show the love that is freely given you to your brothers and sisters. And for those who are of darkness, fear not what they may do. For you are a child of the most high and life is yours. They are lost souls who are blinded and deceived by evil. However, they were once also created in his image and need love to awaken from the darkness.
Love is the key to open the doors of heaven. Love is the life that is given us from our Father. For his love fills completely and satisfies all desires. He is our be all and end all.
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.
These were the times in which the people lived. The Scribes and the Pharisees were the caretakers of the people of Israel and the Jews. It was their job to see that the law was taught and understood by the people. They were the teachers. They were the learned. They were the authority for the people. And the Romans were the authority over them.
The Scribes and the Pharisees considered their job description to include binding heavy and oppressive burdens for the people. They had to make sure that the people suffered so that they would follow the Law and not rise up against the ruling class. They loved the front seats in the synagogues, the first places at suppers, and to be called Rabbi. But Christ told the people: "But do not you be called 'Rabbi'; for one is your Master, and all you are brothers."
It was important that the people understood the significance of Master. God created all men equal in his image and likeness. We are all children of light, one not more or less than another. We live in a world that makes distinctions of who we are. We are subconsciously given to categorize each other. One has more money than another. One is prettier than another, one is more athletic than another, more intelligent, more witty, more loving, more etc... This is how and where we live. But we all are the same, children of our Father in heaven, who sees us all as the same.
Christ came to teach us how to live, how to love, and how to see who we are. He is our example in life. He brings peace to those who understand who they are in him. We have life. We have love. We have protection and guidance and provision for everything that we need in life. And we have joy and fulfillment in the transformation of this life to that which we are in heaven.
Our life is simple. Carry the message. Live the life of peace. Show the love that is freely given you to your brothers and sisters. And for those who are of darkness, fear not what they may do. For you are a child of the most high and life is yours. They are lost souls who are blinded and deceived by evil. However, they were once also created in his image and need love to awaken from the darkness.
Love is the key to open the doors of heaven. Love is the life that is given us from our Father. For his love fills completely and satisfies all desires. He is our be all and end all.
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.
