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Matthew 23:4 · BSB
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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…never gentle with hypocrisy. We would deem his words about hypocrisy as harsh, as unnecessary even, and abrupt. And so as we read this morning inMatthew chapter 23, beginning in verse 13, we might get a little uncomfortable and start to shift around in our seats. Get used to that for a little bit. It's going…
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…weep. We must unite and grief with those urinated and grief because the Savior wept at the tomb of Lazarus that he not weep, the city of Jerusalem.Matthew chapter 23and verse 37, o Jerusalem who Juris he was thinking of the desolation of the Temple. You think of today's cities are United Kingdom, the life of…
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…a lot of gravitas, a lot of weight, and lingers for a long, long time because it was the last thing they said to everybody. And we are now inMatthew chapter 23going to be reading the final, very public sermon of Jesus. He'll say more, but it'll be to smaller groups from here on out. What was Jesus…
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…what actually is, Justice, mercy, and faith. And what are those things look like in our life? Was it something brand-new that Jesus came? With inMatthew chapter 23or has it always existed, did it go back all the way back to the very beginning under the law of Moses? What was Jesus say? Why did he say it in…
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…single-minded devotion to God, to his plan, to his will, on his terms, to conforming to his righteousness. But in the Seven Woes Discourse inMatthew chapter 23, we see false conversion and religiosity in full. And it is interesting to note that before the Seven Woes Discourse begins, Jesus reaffirms his…
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…people call people to. In the Bible, there's these guys if you ever want to see Jesus just kind of being a little um little different. Direct, readMatthew chapter 23. And there's these people called the scribes and Pharisees, the religious leaders of the day. And in Matthew 23, Jesus just takes the top off and…
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…There is just the entire chapter is Jesus going through this condemnation of the scribes. Mark condenses it down here to three verses. ButMatthew chapter 23goes into much greater detail. Let's look at the six elements that Mark mentions The first thing he says is, Beware of the scribes. They like to…
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…He's saying you need to surpass it. In other words, you need a righteousness that is something altogether different. Have a look with me please toMatthew chapter 23. 23. Go to Matthew 23. Here Jesus confronts these very Pharisees over their understanding of what it is to be righteous. Because they're all…
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…to be brought to God in Christ. And be assured, if you are not humble now, you will one day be humbled. Jesus, in speaking of the final judgment inMatthew chapter 23, says, whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted. Beloved, those of us who know the Lord have all the…
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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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…the doorway and they block people from entering in. So Matthew 22. And verse 12. No. Matthew 22. That is right, isn't it? Yeah. And I'm looking atMatthew chapter 23. So that's not very helpful, is it? But it's Matthew chapter 22. And verse 12. Is that right? I've got two different verses written down here.…
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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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…New Testament, in light of my grace, in light of the gospel, don't even look at someone with lustful intent in your eyes. And then we see this inMatthew chapter 23. Jesus talking to some religious leaders and he says, you religious leaders, you're very good at working out the exact tithe on everything you…
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…but any kind of hypocrisy. He really hated any kind of hypocrisy. And we read that, and Esther read that for us. It's an amazing chapter,Matthew chapter 23, it's called The Seven Wows of Jesus, where he almost expresses judgment in seven different ways to the religious leaders of his day who were…
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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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