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Matthew 23:3–4 · BSB
23:3 So practice and observe everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach.
23:4 They tie up heavy, burdensome loads and lay them on men’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to lift a finger to move them.
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…who's out there listening? The thieves and the robbers. The Pharisees, the false religion. Look what he says about it in Matthew 22. I'm sorry,Matthew chapter 23. Did I tell you 22? Oh man. Matthew chapter 23, look at verse 13. Woe unto you, scribes and who? Pharisees, hypocrites. For ye do what? Shut up the…
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…presence of God walked out. God in the flesh was no longer there. He was not going to be present until he returned. In fact, in Matthew's gospel,Matthew chapter 23, Jesus seeing the city of Jerusalem, wept over the city. Do you remember this conversation Jesus had? Weeping over the city, saying, Oh, I've come…
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We pray, amen. Amen. Okay, we're inMatthew chapter 23this evening. And the title of my sermon tonight is The Scribes. I'm going to preach on the subject of The Scribes. Now, Matthew chapter 23 is a…
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…the truth neither pray i for these alone but for them also which shall believe on me through their word and let's just be honest go to go tomatthew chapter 23let's just be honest you know most people who try to isolate themselves are just being hyper spiritual they're not it's not because they just have…
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…by putting them into bondage, we're gonna lead them by putting them under the, if you would, the grievous burdens to be born. Look at Matthew 23.Matthew chapter 23. This is all through the Bible, if you study it as a generality, that two different styles of leadership. One is you oppress, you you put bondage…
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…the scriptures and the synagogues. And if you want to know what Jesus thought of the Pharisees of his day, you don't have to guess. You can go toMatthew chapter 23. where Jesus pronounces seven curses upon the Pharisees. He accuses them of hypocrisy and self -righteousness. He calls them sons of hell, blind…
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…of this language is aimed at the Pharisees he is presently addressing. Those he is speaking to here most certainly are included in this number. InMatthew chapter 23, the list of woes to the Pharisees, there are seven of them. And the first one says this beginning in verse 13, but woe to you scribes and…
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…and loss statement, but rather we give because this is good and right and what the Bible tells us to do. And so we're going to look this evening atMatthew chapter 23. So why don't you go ahead and stand for the reading of God's Word? Matthew chapter #23 We read 2 verses. If you are able, turn to Matthew chapter…
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…of the precise blueprint here. Tuesday was Nissan 13AD33, the Lord Jesus publicly preached for the last time in the temple. You can read about thatMatthew chapter 23right through to Matthew chapter 25. In the middle was the Olivet Discourse, Matthew 24 to his disciples that evening after sunset. You've got to…
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…thing but in reality they were just really lying to themselves so they could do whatever they wanted. Jesus confronted this topic of hypocrisy inMatthew chapter 23with his famous woes to the religious leaders. These religious leaders would even would even be so careful to tie their herbs. Does anybody have a…
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…of the destruction of the temple that would occur around 38 years later within a generation. He wept over the city of Jerusalem as recorded inMatthew chapter 23. A most stirring and poignant lament in which he cries out and he says, Oh Jerusalem, oh Jerusalem, the one who kills the prophets and stones those…
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…became known as Herod's temple, the temple that was there and still being built in the time of Jesus. And what does Jesus do? Jesus again, look atMatthew chapter 23, chapter 24, which we have gone through. Jesus says again, because of all of the corruption, because of the evil, what is he going to do? He will…
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…love some other thing more than you love God, then you're breaking that first commandment. Remember what we read there in the Gospel of Matthew inMatthew chapter 23. He says in verse 37, Thou shall love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul and with all thy mind. This is the first and great…
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…the Pharisees. It was the Sadducees. They were the religious leaders of the day. And if you love reading drama, okay, go to Matthew chapter 22 andMatthew chapter 23, because it's full of it. Because Jesus perpetually calls out these religious leaders. And what he's trying to do is he's trying to get them to see…
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…new series entitled Revolution. Everybody say revolution, ready? The power that changed everything. And we're gonna be in Matthew chapter 22 andMatthew chapter 23today. And I don't know if you have ever experienced the annoyance of losing electricity in your house. Who has ever experienced the annoyance of…
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…our emotions. He wants to bring wholeness to our body. He wants to form it all for the future that he has for us. And we're going to begin today inMatthew chapter 23. You can turn there if you have your Bible and look at a story with Jesus. Before we read it, let me set the context for you for just a moment.…
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…his best to draw them in, but they're not budging to the point to where later on speaking about these same religious people. Listen to this, inMatthew chapter 23, this is way later on. Jesus says this, speaking about them and and who they represent. He says, Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets…
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…deal with this humility. And Jesus spoke of this very same principle. If you have your Bibles and you want to follow along with me, you can go toMatthew, chapter 23. Matthew, chapter 23, verse 12. Lest you think that this is just a doctrine that Paul is teaching about humbling yourself so that other people are…
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…the inner circle of Jesus, I might say, man, we got a good one. We got somebody that was in opposition to Jesus, somebody that Jesus described inMatthew chapter 23. You know what he calls them? He calls them hypocrites. He calls them pretenders, He calls them fakes, He calls them egoists. But you know, there's…
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…were a lot of them that really looked the part. They looked the part. They spoke the right words but Jesus called them out pretty harshly here inMatthew chapter 23. And we're just reading a couple of little verses here but that might be good homework for you this week if you want to go through and read all of…
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