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You Might Be A Pharisee if…

You Might Be A Pharisee if…. you consider the church roll the Lamb’s book of Life you're disgusted by the moral filth that is playing out of your own VCR/DVD player you come on Wednesday night only if is your turn to give the invitation. Pharisees ( 101 ref. in 95 verses ).

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You Might Be A Pharisee if…

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  1. You Might Be A Pharisee if… • you consider the church roll the Lamb’s book of Life • you're disgusted by the moral filth that is playing out of your own VCR/DVD player • you come on Wednesday night only if is your turn to give the invitation

  2. Pharisees(101 ref. in 95 verses) • Not all Pharisees were bad • Not all practices of the Pharisees were bad. They tried to . . . • subject every area of life to the Law, Mt.23:23 • prepare nation for coming Messiah by teaching others to live holy lives, Mt.23:15

  3. I.Bad Features Of Pharisees • Self-satisfaction, Mt.3:7 • Insufficient righteousness, Mt.5:20 • Holier than thou, Mt.9:11-12 • Hatred, murder, Mt.12:14 • Loose morals, Mt.19:3 • Hypocrisy, Mt.23:2-3 • Oppression, Mt.23:4

  4. 8. Pride, Mt.23:5 9.False teaching, Mt.23:13, 15 10.Disobedience, Mt.23:23 11.Cruel covetousness, Mk.12:40 12.False accusations, Lk.6:7 13.False holiness, Lk.7:39 14.Dishonesty, Lk.16:14 15.Intimidation, Jn.12:42

  5. II. Pharisees Are Popular • Pharisaism: Hypocritically self-righteous and condemnatory • Some use the word to brand anyone who condemns unscrip-tural doctrines and practices • “You’re a Pharisee”

  6. How to escape the brand? • Allow anything and everything • The church should “give up moralizing on sexual issues”– Gregory Boyd • Preach Jesus…ignore His teachings! • Mt.5:32; 15:18-19

  7. You may be a Pharisee if you believe one must – 1.Be baptized to be saved – Max Lucado [Lk.7:29-30] 2. Adhere to teaching of Scripture [2 Jn.9] – Pharisees: elders’ tradition, Mt.15:3-4 *2 Th.2:15; 3:6 – R. Shelly: gospel =Mt.-Jn. *Ac.15

  8. 3. Worship God in spirit and truth – Pharisees did not, Mt.15 4. Love in context of obeying God, Jn.14:15 Never“you obey too much”! 5. Avoid beginnings of sin. E.g.: *Dn.1:8 *Mt.5:22-23, 27-28, 29-30 *1 Co.6:18; 8-10 *Hb.12:1-2

  9. Taking precautions is not Pharisaical • Dangers and digressions begin w. baby steps • This is where we must resist • Marriage partner • Children • Health • VFW hall... • Pitch • Pool for baptisms

  10. Worship, not entertain • “Largest Church in America” • Meets at 5:00 p.m. Sat. for L.S. • Mechanical music • On Sunday, acappella

  11. Gender roles Carrol Osburn (ACU): “For men whose gender identity and social domination were at stake due to these major upheavals that threatened patriarch-alism, religion was seen as a useful tool...men now held that women were not to exercise authority... Texts such as I Cor. 14:34-35 and I Tim. 2:11-15 were stressed to for-bid women teaching and preaching in the presence of men”

  12. Gender roles(cont’d.) • “Such fundamentalist views on women in the church are pri-marily the result of reaction against cultural changes and only secondarily the result of biblical proof-texting. This, basically, is our legacy” (Women In The Church: Reclaiming the Ideal, 8-9, 17) • Baby steps: let women pass L.S.

  13. Morals • Clothing (how long is long?) • Fitting in vs standing out • Ro.12:1-2 • Romans 14 allows us to differ in “ethical questions” like drinking alcohol, dancing and immodest dress(David Chadwell, Beware of the Leaven of the Pharisees

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