PHARISEESIM
Matt 23:23 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters…
Matt 23:23 …of the law, judgment, mercy and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
Luke 6:46 And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?
Matt 15:7-9 Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying, This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me…
Matt 15:7-9 …But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
Matt 15:7-9 “Ye hypocrites” = Greek Lexicon 5273 hupokrites {hoop-ok-ree-tace‘} - an actor, stage player, pretender, hypocrite
They valued Man’s applause more than God’s approval
John 12:42-43 Nevertheless among the chief rulers also many believed on him; but because of the Pharisees they did not confess him…
John 12:42-43 … lest they should be put out of the synagogue For they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.
Matt 19:27 Then answered Peter and said unto him, Behold, we have forsaken all, and followed thee; what shall we have therefore?
Matt 23:5-6 But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments, And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues,
Matt 23:14 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.
Matt 6:5 And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
They valued human tradition more than heavenly truth
Matt 15:1-9 Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying, Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their…
Matt 15:1-9 …hands when they eat bread. But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition? For God…
Matt 15:1-9 …commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death. But ye say, Whosoever shall say…
Matt 15:1-9 …to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; And honour not his father or his mother, he shall be free…
Matt 15:1-9 …Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition. Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying, This people draweth nigh unto me with their…
Matt 15:1-9 …mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me. 9 But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
Matt 7:1-5 Judge not, that ye be not judged. For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. And why beholdest thou the…
Matt 7:1-5 …mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye…
Matt 7:1-5 …and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.
Mark 7:13 Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye.
Gal 1:14 And profited in the Jews' religion above many my equals in mine own nation, being more exceedingly zealous of the traditions of my fathers.
Luke 6:46 And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?
They valued fleshly lineage more than spiritual heritage
John 8:31-40 Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall…
John 8:31-40 …make you free. They answered him, We be Abraham's seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free? Jesus answered them…
John 8:31-40 …Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin. And the servant abideth not in the house for ever: but the Son abideth ever. If the Son…
John 8:31-40 …therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed. I know that ye are Abraham's seed; but ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you…
John 8:31-40 …I speak that which I have seen with my Father: and ye do that which ye have seen with your father. They answered and said unto him, Abraham is our father…
John 8:31-40 …Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works of Abraham. But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the…
John 8:31-40 …truth, which I have heard of God: this did not Abraham.
Living in Pride Living in denial Living in Bondage
Gal 3:7 Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham.
They valued temporal riches more than eternal reward
Luke 16:13-14 No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon…
Luke 16:13-14 …And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him.
Luke 12:15 And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.
Matt 23:14 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.
Matt 6:19-21 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: But lay up for…
Matt 6:19-21 …yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
Paul as an example
Gal 1:14 And profited in the Jews' religion above many my equals in mine own nation, being more exceedingly zealous of the traditions of my fathers.
Acts 9:6 And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do.
Acts 9:18 And immediately there fell from his eyes as it had been scales: and he received sight forthwith, and arose, and was baptized.
1 Pet 1:18-23 Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; But with…
1 Pet 1:18-23 …the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot: Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last…
1 Pet 1:18-23 …times for you, Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God. Seeing ye have purified…
1 Pet 1:18-23 …your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently: Being born again, not of…
1 Pet 1:18-23 …corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.
John 4:24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.
We are a Pharisee if we: value Man’s applause value human tradition value lineage (family) value temporal riches
Rom 10:17 “So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God”
Rom 10:9-10 “That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead…
Rom 10:9-10 …thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation”
Acts 17:30 And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:
Luke 13:3 I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.
Mark 16:16 “He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned”
Luke 17:3 Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him. To the Christian:
Hear Believe Repent Confess Baptized SALVATION Spirit and Truth