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Matthew 23:15 · BSB
23:15 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You traverse land and sea to win a single convert, and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a son of hell as you are.
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…says, don't be angry that it causes you to sin now. Is it possible to be angry and not sin? Absolutely. How do I know that the Lord was angry inMatthew chapter 23, as we look back in Our Minds Eye as he's preaching to those Pharisees, as he's preaching to the Hypocrites, he was angry. When the Lord came into…
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…of God. It's the same thing for us. The spiritual state of the church is often linked to the spiritual state of her elders. Last time we looked atMatthew chapter 23, where Jesus rails against these leaders. He says, Woe to you, woe to you, woe to you. You are condemned. You're condemned over and over and over…
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…of the Pharisees. And we need to consider some background information here to make sure we don't miss this. Hold your finger here and look over atMatthew chapter 23. So this is near the end of the book. It's near the end of Christ's earthly life, and we know that the end of the story is good news, right? Christ…
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…so we're going to look today at serving others, and also at being served by others. But there's a second significance of this bowl and towel. InMatthew chapter 23, the Lord Jesus has a diatribe against the religious leaders of his day. Seven woes exposing their hypocrisy. And the Lord Jesus says, as one of…
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…the proper path. Listen to verse 13 and 14, God longs to forgive the repentant sinner. I am reminded here of Jesus' words concerning Jerusalem inMatthew chapter 23and verse 37, where he said, Oh, Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it, how often would I have…
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…humbling ourself or exalting ourselves. And it was spoken, when Jesus was teaching his disciples, not to be like the scribes and the Pharisees, inMatthew chapter 23, it is also found in the Old Testament, scriptures, as well in Proverbs chapter 18 and verse 12. The Bible says Before Destruction, the heart of a…
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As we begin our study this morning. And as we look at this verse inMatthew, chapter 23, and verse 23. Jesus begins by saying woe to you scribes and Pharisees and then he calls them Hypocrites. And the first reason that he calls them…
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…though would say this circumcision was greater fasting tithing or even ceremonial Washings. They were more important now. I love what Jesus does inMatthew chapter 23. In Matthew chapter 23, Jesus is going to address the debate and he's going to show that all of God's laws are important. Especially those dealing…
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…And sadly, this is the activity of many in our day and we are not above correction this morning. Listen to some of the woes that Jesus declares inMatthew chapter 23. This is beginning in verse 13 and following. Jesus says, Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites. Once again, this is a judgment he's making.…
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…Focusing on external lists can lead to pride, especially when we write the lists. It covers over an ugly internal reality. Jesus said as much inMatthew chapter 23, Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and the plate, but inside they are full of greed and…
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…an oath, but in a lesser thing than God Himself, and you could get out of it. It wasn't really an oath at all in that case. Jesus speaks to this inMatthew chapter 23. This is the chapter where all the woes to the scribes are contained within. And He says, beginning in verse 16, Woe to you blind guides who say,…
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…feel and act is the proofing of who we are. It's the evidencing of who we are. But it is who we are, not what we do, that is Jesus' focus here. InMatthew chapter 23, it's the chapter known as the woes chapter. Jesus declares the woes, the seven woes over the Pharisees. And one of them, verse 25 and following,…
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…your brothers, what more are you doing than others? Do not even the Gentiles do the same? It's of no benefit to you, but rather be merciful. Also,Matthew chapter 23and verse 23. Jesus says, these are often called the woes. He speaks woes to the Pharisees, which are quite the opposite of these declarations of…
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…me and yet this is the posture of God the posture of God to call us in to what is truly significant it marked the ministry of Jesus as we see inMatthew chapter 23as he's weeping for this same city this city of Jerusalem and he says oh Jerusalem Jerusalem the one who kills the prophets and stones those who…
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…me and yet this is the posture of God the posture of God to call us in to what is truly significant it marked the ministry of Jesus as we see inMatthew chapter 23as he's weeping for this same city this city of Jerusalem and he says oh Jerusalem Jerusalem the one who kills the prophets and stones those who…
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…That he encountered. People who should have known the truth. But they perverted the truth. And they led people astray. Look at what Jesus said. InMatthew chapter 23. There's really a number of these woes. He pronounced on these people. But I want to just show you two. Jesus is teaching. But woe to you. That's…
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…their perception of themselves. He is saying, You do not see that you are sick, so therefore you do not see your need of a physician. Elsewhere,Matthew chapter 23. This is verses 27 and 28. Jesus says, Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs, which outwardly appear…
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…So, every time I use the word parallel, they are laughing. They're picking on their poor immigrant dad. So, the same account is also found inMatthew chapter 23. We're not going to go there. If you want to look at it later, it is much more detailed account of what Pharisees and the lawyers. So, basically,…
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…offend anybody. We can't be, and the big sin of today is we can't be intolerant of other people. Well, the Lord Jesus didn't get that message.Matthew chapter 23, he calls the religious leaders fools, hypocrites, blind guides. He calls them snakes. And in John 14, he says, there's only one way to God, and…
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…want to bring a temple back, we need to be able to say to them, rubbish as well. There's two rubbishes tonight. If you go to the chapter before,Matthew chapter 23, Jesus actually brings the curtain down on the whole of the Old Testament. He says these words, O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that…
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