Excel Still More
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Excel Still More
Beware of Pharisees
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Notes: "Beware of the Leaven of the Pharisees" (Matthew 16:5-12)
Avoiding the False Teaching of Jesus's Day
Matthew 5:20-48 - 1) They made the Law Too Easy. Primarily External.
2) Law was Adjusted in the Direction of Less Mercy
Matthew 12:1-8 - 1) Their First Impulse is Rejection and Accusation.
2) Interpretation of the Law became the Law to them.
Matthew 15:1-9 - 1) They turned their Traditions into the Law of God.
2) Loving Others was set aside in the Name of God.
Matthew 21:23-27 - 1) Deeply Conflicted between Hard Hearts and Fear.
2) They kept Missing Jesus as God's Authority over all.
Matthew 23 - Jesus is fed up and calls it like it is.
SELF RIGHTEOUSNESS (v5-7)
HYPOCRITICAL (v1-4)
LEGALISTIC (v23-24)
SUPERFICIAL (v25-28)
OBSTACLES (v13-18)
Jesus calls us to be different (the opposite of those above)
THE HUMBLE SERVANT
LIVING OUT YOUR FAITH
LED BY A God-LIKE HEART
HONEST ABOUT THE INSIDE
DRAWING PEOPLE TO CHRIST