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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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…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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…was written first. So it's probable that Luke is either drawing this account from the Q document or from Mark chapter 12. Now, if you go over toMatthew chapter 23, you have the same story, but it's an entire chapter. It's an entire long indictment where Jesus is like, woe to you scribes and Pharisees, and he…
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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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