Our paragraph topic is: ( Christ refutes the Scribes and Pharisees)
Part 4.
Evil stands with the Pharisees as they challenge Christ about the law. The Pharisees had witnessed the disciples of Christ breaking the Law by not respecting the traditions the Pharisees had implemented. For the Pharisees were the keepers of the law. They were the enforcers of the Law. They were the learned in the law and no one knew more of the law, handed down to Moses, than they. They held their office in high esteem and believed that they had the authority of God to command that the people follow the Law as they interpreted it. So they challenged Christ, the author of the Law. They did not know. They did not understand. They could not see because evil had taken them.
They had made void the commandment of God through their arrogance. They had cancelled the judgement of the father of Justice according to their own designs, that they may maintain their enforcement upon the people and set aside judgement for themselves. For they had no honor for their fathers and mothers. They had no desire to obey the commandments. They had set themselves apart from the people that they may set themselves above the law. For this was the design of evil and the arrogance of man, to rule the people as they saw fit, without following the commandments of God. For Christ said to them, But you say ‘Whoever shall say to his father or mother, "Any support thou mightest have had from me is dedicated to God," does not have to honor father or his mother. ' So you have made void the commandment of God by your tradition.
Man was with evil and evil was with man and together they were one. The evil doer became evil, even though they were not made the same. For evil resided with man but man was made from God and still had the spirit of God within him. Yet evil came and took over man and he knows not what he does. For evil persuades with convincing arguments and compelling evidence to the minds of men and man has no defense save to call upon the love of Christ. Evil has no defense against the love of Christ and his Holy Spirit. For Christ was the sacrifice that paid for all mankind to be free of sin. Christ gave his life and his spirit so that man could be restored to salvation. Christ came and died for our sins that man may be justified before God. Yet evil still prevails and man knows not.
The Pharisees voided the commandment of God and replaced it with their own tradition. Today man voids the commandments of God and replaces them with his own interpretation of how we should live. We live in a world surrounded by the presences of evil. Yet we know not that it exists and desire not to know that we are in a battle. For evil tells us that we may set aside the commandments of God. Evil tells us that we may live the life that we desire on this earth and not suffer the consequences of God's justice. God is the ultimate judge and there is no other higher authority. His justice is complete. His justice is true. His justice is honest and fair. For he who transgresses the commandments subjects himself to God's justice, and this is what evil desires of man, that he suffers the justice of God and loose eternal life that is store for him in heaven.
So evil distorts, evil deceives, evil disguises truth, evil lies, and evil does everything that it can to turn man away from his true self. For man was created in the image and likeness of God and his true place is in heaven. But, changed by the designs of the world, man has lost sight of who he is. Man does not know that he is the light of the world. Man does not know that within him the Holy Spirit is to dwell. Man has forgotten that Christ came, suffered and died for our sins that we may no longer live in sin. Yet sin prevails and man continues to live, asleep in a world of sin, as evil grows in the minds and hearts of man.
For the evildoer does the deeds of the evil one and man is not aware. And the evildoer makes void the commandments of God that evil may prevail. Guard your hearts! Guard your minds! Be vigilant of what you see and what you hear. For evil is subtle in its attack upon the children of God. Pray daily that the other advocate will come and live within you that you may be protected against the attacks of evil. For you can know him. You can see him. You can carry him with you every minute, every second of the day that you will be protected and shielded from evil. Seek him. Ask for him to come. Know that he will be with you for Christ has promised that he will send him. And when he comes, Christ has said that you will be filled with his light that you will see and know the truth of who you are. For the eye is the lamp of the body and if the eye is sound then the body will be full of light as though it shines from a lamp within. Seek it! Find it! Know it, and you will see the spirit of Christ within.
Part 4.
Evil stands with the Pharisees as they challenge Christ about the law. The Pharisees had witnessed the disciples of Christ breaking the Law by not respecting the traditions the Pharisees had implemented. For the Pharisees were the keepers of the law. They were the enforcers of the Law. They were the learned in the law and no one knew more of the law, handed down to Moses, than they. They held their office in high esteem and believed that they had the authority of God to command that the people follow the Law as they interpreted it. So they challenged Christ, the author of the Law. They did not know. They did not understand. They could not see because evil had taken them.
They had made void the commandment of God through their arrogance. They had cancelled the judgement of the father of Justice according to their own designs, that they may maintain their enforcement upon the people and set aside judgement for themselves. For they had no honor for their fathers and mothers. They had no desire to obey the commandments. They had set themselves apart from the people that they may set themselves above the law. For this was the design of evil and the arrogance of man, to rule the people as they saw fit, without following the commandments of God. For Christ said to them, But you say ‘Whoever shall say to his father or mother, "Any support thou mightest have had from me is dedicated to God," does not have to honor father or his mother. ' So you have made void the commandment of God by your tradition.
Man was with evil and evil was with man and together they were one. The evil doer became evil, even though they were not made the same. For evil resided with man but man was made from God and still had the spirit of God within him. Yet evil came and took over man and he knows not what he does. For evil persuades with convincing arguments and compelling evidence to the minds of men and man has no defense save to call upon the love of Christ. Evil has no defense against the love of Christ and his Holy Spirit. For Christ was the sacrifice that paid for all mankind to be free of sin. Christ gave his life and his spirit so that man could be restored to salvation. Christ came and died for our sins that man may be justified before God. Yet evil still prevails and man knows not.
The Pharisees voided the commandment of God and replaced it with their own tradition. Today man voids the commandments of God and replaces them with his own interpretation of how we should live. We live in a world surrounded by the presences of evil. Yet we know not that it exists and desire not to know that we are in a battle. For evil tells us that we may set aside the commandments of God. Evil tells us that we may live the life that we desire on this earth and not suffer the consequences of God's justice. God is the ultimate judge and there is no other higher authority. His justice is complete. His justice is true. His justice is honest and fair. For he who transgresses the commandments subjects himself to God's justice, and this is what evil desires of man, that he suffers the justice of God and loose eternal life that is store for him in heaven.
So evil distorts, evil deceives, evil disguises truth, evil lies, and evil does everything that it can to turn man away from his true self. For man was created in the image and likeness of God and his true place is in heaven. But, changed by the designs of the world, man has lost sight of who he is. Man does not know that he is the light of the world. Man does not know that within him the Holy Spirit is to dwell. Man has forgotten that Christ came, suffered and died for our sins that we may no longer live in sin. Yet sin prevails and man continues to live, asleep in a world of sin, as evil grows in the minds and hearts of man.
For the evildoer does the deeds of the evil one and man is not aware. And the evildoer makes void the commandments of God that evil may prevail. Guard your hearts! Guard your minds! Be vigilant of what you see and what you hear. For evil is subtle in its attack upon the children of God. Pray daily that the other advocate will come and live within you that you may be protected against the attacks of evil. For you can know him. You can see him. You can carry him with you every minute, every second of the day that you will be protected and shielded from evil. Seek him. Ask for him to come. Know that he will be with you for Christ has promised that he will send him. And when he comes, Christ has said that you will be filled with his light that you will see and know the truth of who you are. For the eye is the lamp of the body and if the eye is sound then the body will be full of light as though it shines from a lamp within. Seek it! Find it! Know it, and you will see the spirit of Christ within.
