Justin Mangonel said:
Dear all,
Why do you think the Pharisees rejected Christ? Are we better than them and if so why? Are there modern day Pharisees amongst us?
I personally believe that the Pharisees rejected Christ because of jeleously and legalism. I personally believe that much of the church and expecially its leaders are in virtually the same place as they were.
THE WARNING
Jude 1:3 (KJV) Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye
should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.
Jude 1:4 (KJV) For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness,
and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.
Titus 1:16 (KJV) They profess that they know God;
but in works they deny him,
being abominable,
and disobedient,
and unto every good work reprobate.
Rep-ro-bate (rep’re-bat) adj. 1. Utterly depraved; profligate; corrupt. 2. Theol. Abandoned in sin; condemned. – n. One who is reprobate. – v.t. –bated, -bating 1. To disapprove of heartily; condemn. 2. Theol. To abandon to damnation. [<LL reprobare reprove} --rep’ro-ba’tion n. –rep’ro-ba’tive adj.
SCRIBES, PHARISEES AND SADDUCEES
Matthew 5:20 (KJV) For I say unto you,
That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees,
ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew 16:6 (KJV) Then Jesus said unto them,
Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.
Matthew 16:11 (KJV) How is it that ye do not understand that I spake it not to you concerning bread,
that ye should beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees?
Matthew 16:12 (KJV) Then understood they how that he bade them not beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.
Matthew 23:13 (KJV) But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!
for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves,
neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.
Hosea 4:6 (KJV) My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge:
because thou hast rejected knowledge,
I will also reject thee,
that thou shalt be no priest to me:
seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God,
I will also forget thy children.
Matthew 15:7 (KJV) Ye hypocrites,
well did Esaias prophesy of you,
saying,
Matthew 15:8 (KJV) This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth,
and honoureth me with their lips;
but their heart is far from me.
Matthew 15:9 (KJV) But in vain they do worship me,
teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
ESAIAS THE PROPHET
Matthew 13:13 (KJV) Therefore speak I to them in parables:
because they seeing see not;
and hearing they hear not,
neither do they understand.
Matthew 13:14 (KJV) And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias,
which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive:
Matthew 13:15 (KJV) For this people's heart is waxed gross,
and their ears are dull of hearing,
and their eyes they have closed;
lest at any time they should see with their eyes,
and hear with their ears,
and should understand with their heart,
and should be converted,
and I should heal them.
Mark 7:5 (KJV) Then the Pharisees and scribes asked him, Why walk not thy disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashen hands?
Mark 7:6 (KJV) He answered and said unto them,
Well hath Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites,
as it is written,
This people honoureth me with their lips,
but their heart is far from me.
Mark 7:7 (KJV) Howbeit in vain do they worship me,
teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
Mark 7:8 (KJV) For laying aside the commandment of God,
ye hold the tradition of men,
as the washing of pots and cups:
and many other such like things ye do.
Mark 7:9 (KJV) And he said unto them,
Full well ye reject the commandment of God,
that ye may keep your own tradition.
John 12:37 (KJV) But though he had done so many miracles before them,
yet they believed not on him:
John 12:38 (KJV) That the saying of Esaias the prophet might be fulfilled,
which he spake,
Lord,
who hath believed our report?
and to whom hath the arm of the Lord been revealed?
John 12:39 (KJV) Therefore they could not believe,
because that Esaias said again,
John 12:40 (KJV) He hath blinded their eyes,
and hardened their heart;
that they should not see with their eyes,
nor understand with their heart,
and be converted,
and I should heal them.
John 12:41 (KJV) These things said Esaias, when he saw his glory, and spake of him.
John 12:42 (KJV) Nevertheless among the chief rulers also many believed on him;
but because of the Pharisees they did not confess him,
lest they should be put out of the synagogue:
John 12:43 (KJV) For they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.
GOD WILL TEACH YOU
Ephesians 1:17 (KJV) That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ,
the Father of glory,
may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:
John 14:26 (KJV) But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
I Corinthians 2:12 (KJV) Now we have received,
not the spirit of the world,
but the spirit which is of God;
that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.
I Corinthians 2:13 (KJV) Which things also we speak,
not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth,
but which the Holy Ghost teacheth;
comparing spiritual things with spiritual.
I Corinthians 2:14 (KJV) But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God:
for they are foolishness unto him:
neither can he know them,
because they are spiritually discerned.
Colossians 2:8 (KJV) Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit,
after the tradition of men,
after the rudiments of the world,
and not after Christ.
OLD TEMPLE OF GOD (Made by hands)
Isaiah 56:7 (KJV) Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar; for mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all people.
Matthew 21:13 (KJV) And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.
John 2:16 (KJV) And said unto them that sold doves, Take these things hence;
make not my Father's house an house of merchandise.
John 2:19 (KJV) Jesus answered and said unto them,
Destroy this temple,
and in three days I will raise it up.
THE VEIL (Lifted by Jesus Christ)
Mark 15:37 (KJV) And Jesus cried with a loud voice, and gave up the ghost.
Mark 15:38 (KJV) And the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom.
Hebrews 10:19 (KJV) Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus,
Hebrews 10:20 (KJV) By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;
Hebrews 10:21 (KJV) And having an high priest over the house of God;
Acts 15:5 (KJV) But there rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees which believed, saying,
That it was needful to circumcise them,
and to command them to keep the law of Moses.
Acts 15:6 (KJV) And the apostles and elders came together for to consider of this matter.
Acts 15:7 (KJV) And when there had been much disputing,
Peter rose up,
and said unto them,
Men and brethren,
ye know how that a good while ago God made choice among us,
that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the gospel, and believe.
Acts 15:8 (KJV) And God,
which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as he did unto us;
Acts 15:9 (KJV) And put no difference between us and them,
purifying their hearts by faith.
Con-se-crate (kon’se-krat) v.t. –crated, -crating 1. To set apart as sacred; dedicate to sacred uses. 2. To dedicate solemnly or devote: consecrate one’s life to a cause. 3. To make reverend; hallow. [<L com- thoroughly + sacer holy] --con’se-cra’tion, con’se-cra’tor n. –con-se-cra-to-ry (kon’se-kre-tor’e, -to’re) adj.
NEW TEMPLE OF GOD (Not made by hands)
Acts 7:47 (KJV)
But Solomon built him an house.
Acts 7:48 (KJV)
Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith the prophet,
Acts 7:49 (KJV)
Heaven is my throne, and earth is my footstool:
what house will ye build me? saith the Lord: or what is the place of my rest?
Acts 7:50 (KJV) Hath not my hand made all these things?
Acts 17:24 (KJV) God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;
Hebrews 9:11 (KJV) But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building;
I Corinthians 3:9 (KJV) For we are labourers together with God:
ye are God's husbandry,
ye are God's building.
I Corinthians 3:16 (KJV) Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
II Corinthians 6:16 (KJV) And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
Hebrews 9:24 (KJV) For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us:
A NEW PRIESTHOOD
Hebrews 7:12 (KJV) For the priesthood being changed,
there is made of necessity a change also of the law.
Hebrews 7:13 (KJV) For he of whom these things are spoken pertaineth to another tribe,
of which no man gave attendance at the altar.
Hebrews 7:14 (KJV) For it is evident that our Lord sprang out of Juda;
of which tribe Moses spake nothing concerning priesthood.
Hebrews 7:15 (KJV) And it is yet far more evident:
for that after the similitude of Melchisedec there ariseth another priest,
Hebrews 7:16 (KJV) Who is made,
not after the law of a carnal commandment,
but after the power of an endless life.
Hebrews 7:17 (KJV) For he testifieth,
Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.
Si-mil-i-tude (si-mil’e-t-ood) n. 1. Similarity; correspondence. 2. One who or that which is similar; counterpart. 3. A point of similarity. [<K similis like]
I John 2:27 (KJV) But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.
A SYNAGOGUE DEFINED
Syn - a - gogue (sin’- gog, - gog)
n.
1. A place of meeting for Jewish worship and religious instruction.
2. A Jewish congregation or assemblage for religious instruction and observances. Also
syn’ a-gog. [ < Gk.
synagoge an assembly ]
Synagogue, n. –
syn. Place of worship, temple, Jewish synagogue, house of God; see
church 1.
Church (church)
n.
1. A building for Christian worship.
2. Religious services in a church.
3. A congregation of Christians.
4. Usu. Cap. A body of Christians having a common faith; a denomination.
5. Christians collectively.
6. Ecclesiastical organization and authority: separation of
church and state.
7. The clerical profession. [ < Gk.
kyria-kon (
doma) the Lord’s (house)]
Church, n. 1. [A building consecrated to worship] –
Syn. House of God, Lord’s house, cathedral, temple, synagogue, mosque, oratory, place of worship, house of prayer, meetinghouse, chapel, minster, basilica, tabernacle, bethel, abbey, sanctuary, sacellum, chantry, pantheon, conventicle, collegiate church, mission, shrine, duomo (usu. In Italy), pagoda, kirk (Scottish); see also
cathedral,
temple.
THE CHURCH & THE HEAD OF THE CHURCH
I Corinthians 3:3 (KJV) For ye are yet carnal:
for whereas there is among you envying,
and strife,
and divisions,
are ye not carnal,
and walk as men?
I Corinthians 3:4 (KJV) For while one saith,
I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are ye not carnal?
I Corinthians 12:12 (KJV) For as the body is one,
and hath many members,
and all the members of that one body,
being many,
are one body: so also is Christ.
I Corinthians 12:13 (KJV) For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.
I Corinthians 12:14 (KJV) For the body is not one member, but many.
I Corinthians 12:23 (KJV) And those members of the body, which we think to be less honourable, upon these we bestow more abundant honour; and our uncomely parts have more abundant comeliness.
I Corinthians 12:24 (KJV) For our comely parts have no need: but God hath tempered the body together, having given more abundant honour to that part which lacked:
I Corinthians 12:25 (KJV) That there should be no schism in the body; but that the members should have the same care one for another.
I Corinthians 12:26 (KJV) And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it.
I Corinthians 12:27(KJV) Now ye are the body of Christ,
and members in particular.
I Corinthians 12:28 (KJV) And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teacher, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues.
John 1:1 (KJV) In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
John 1:14 (KJV) And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (
and we beheld his glory,
the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,)
full of grace and truth.
Ephesians 5:23 (KJV) For the husband is the head of the wife, even as
Christ is the head of the church:
and he is the saviour of the body.
Colossians 1:18 (KJV) And he is the head of the body,
the church:
who is the beginning,
the firstborn from the dead;
that in all things he might have the preeminence.
John 1:10 (KJV) He was in the world,
and the world was made by him,
and the world knew him not.
Matthew 18:20 (KJV) For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.
Revelation 2:17 (KJV) He that hath an ear,
let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches;
To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna,
and will give him a white stone,
and in the stone a new name written,
which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.
Car-nal (kar-nel) adj. 1. Pertaining to bodily appetites; not spiritual. 2. Sensual; sexual. [<L caro, carnis flesh] --car’nal-ist, car-nal-i-ty (kar-nal’e-te) n. –car’nal-ly
Schism (siz’em, skiz’em) n. 1. A division of a church into factions because of differences in doctrine, 2. A splitting into antagonistic groups. [<Gk.. schizein to split]
Pre-em-i-nent (pre-em’e-nent) adj. Supremely eminent; distinguished above all others. –pre-em’i-nent-ly adv. pre-em’i-nence n.
I Corintians 1:10 (KJV) Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.
I Corinthians 3:9 (KJV) For we are labourers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, ye are God's building.
I Corinthians 3:10 (KJV) According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon.
I Corinthians 3:11 (KJV) For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
MANY ANTICHRISTS
John 5:38 (KJV) And ye have not his word abiding in you:
for whom he hath sent,
him ye believe not.
John 5:39 (KJV) Search the scriptures;
for in them ye think ye have eternal life:
and they are they which testify of me.
John 5:40 (KJV) And ye will not come to me,
that ye might have life.
II Thessalonians 2:10 (KJV) And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish;
because they received not the love of the truth,
that they might be saved.
I John 2:18 (KJV) Little children, it is the last time:
and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come,
even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.
I John 2:22 (KJV) Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ?
He is antichrist,
that denieth the Father and the Son.
I John 2:23 (KJV) Whosoever denieth the Son,
the same hath not the Father: (but)
he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also.
I John 4:3 (KJV) And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God:
and this is that spirit of antichrist,
whereof ye have heard that it should come;
and even now already is it in the world.
II John 1:7 (KJV) For many deceivers are entered into the world,
who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh.
This is a deceiver and an antichrist.
II John 1:8 (KJV) Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward.
II John 1:9 (KJV) Whosoever transgresseth,
and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ,
hath not God.
He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ,
he hath both the Father and the Son.
James 4:4 (KJV) Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
I John 2:15 (KJV) Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
I John 2:16 (KJV) For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
I John 2:17 (KJV) And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.
Mark 4:19 (KJV) And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.
I Corinthians 14:33 (KJV) For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.
James 3:16 (KJV) For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.
James 3:17 (KJV) But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
En-mi-ty (en’me-te) n. pl. –ties 1. The spirit of an enemy; hostility. 2. The state of being an enemy; a hostile condition. [<L inimicus hostile]
Hy-poc-ri-sy (hi-pok’re-se) n. pl. –sies A pretending to be what one is not; extreme insincerity; dissimulation. [<Gk. hypokrisis acting a part, feigning] –Syn. Pretense, dissembling, affectation, sham, fakery.
REFER TO "THE PARABLE OF THE WICKED TENANTS"
Matthew 21:33-46 (KJV)
A biblically prophesied and detailed account of the events leading up to the scribes, Pharisees and Sadducees evangelical unemployment by our Heavenly Father himself through the blood of Jesus Christ.
CHRIST FORTELLS OF THE TRUE WORSHIPPERS OF GOD
John 4:19 (KJV) The woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet.
John 4:20 (KJV) Our fathers worshipped in this mountain;
and ye say,
that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.
John 4:21 (KJV) Jesus saith unto her,
Woman,
believe me,
the hour cometh,
when ye shall neither in this mountain,
nor yet at Jerusalem,
worship the Father.
John 4:22 (KJV) Ye worship ye know not what:
we know what we worship:
for salvation is of the Jews.
John 4:23 (KJV) But the hour cometh,
and now is,
when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth:
for the Father seeketh such to worship him.
John 4:24 (KJV) God is a Spirit:
and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.
John 14:17 (KJV) Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.
I Corinthians 6:19 (KJV) What?
know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
I Corinthians 6:20 (KJV) For ye are bought with a price:
therefore glorify God in your body,
and in your spirit,
which are God's.
ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS
DOCTRINES OF MEN OR THE DOCTRINES OF CHRIST?
Always remember,
Love by Faith, Faith by works…
SON OF THE LIVING GOD