Jesus’ Warnings About the Pharisees: Topic #3 All week, we’ve looked at Matthew 23. In this passage, Jesus explains why the people should be cautious when dealing with the Pharisees. In verse 7, Jesus challenges the people to reject the Pharisees titles. How their ears would be tickled when people used these titles in public settings. For context, at…
Jesus’ Warnings About the Pharisees: Topic #2 In Sunday’s post, we began a post-series from Matthew 23. Jesus has just warned the crowd to respect the Pharisees position. Now he begins His warning to resist the Pharisees behaviour. But Jesus words of course beg the question, “What’s so bad about the Pharisees behaviour?” Well don’t worry….
Jesus’ Warnings About the Pharisees: Topic #1 We’re continuing our study (and post series) on Matthew. This week we’ll be focusing on chapter 23, verses 1-12, where Jesus issues warning to the crowds and his disciples about the Pharisees. Last week, we saw Jesus go toe to toe with an expert of the Law. As we’ve discussed…