Title: Rebuking the Pharisees / Luke 11:37-44
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Topic: Luke Pharisee Hypocrisy
Title: Rebuking the Pharisees
Scripture: Luke 11:37-44
A Pharisee asked Jesus.
Jesus willingly responded.
So Jesus responded to the Pharisee's invitation to lunch and went to his house.
You went in and sat down.
The Pharisee was not a convert.
There are times when we too share a table with the ungodly.
We cannot become hermits away from these people.
But we must never forget the spirit of Christ.
Jesus is always with the ungodly
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Through this text, we can see the folly that religious hypocrisy entails.
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The Pharisee who had served the Lord
The Bible testifies that when he saw that he had not washed his hands before, he wondered.
The Pharisees thought that not washing their hands was ungodly.
Was it morally impure to neglect the work?
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But our Lord overlooks the purity of the heart and only the cleanliness of the body.
You pointed out the irrationality of the ritual that you emphasized.
Jesus looked into the man and cleaned the outside.
He said that the inside is full of greed and wickedness.
And you posed a poignant question.
In fact, what we need to keep our minds clean is the heart rather than the outside.
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No matter how holy we are, we practice physical asceticism
However, it is of no use if your mind is wrong.
No matter how solemn you are, even if you say Amen Amen
Unless we cast away the wickedness in our hearts and are not filled with the Holy Spirit,
And unless it is changed anew, it will be abominable in the sight of God.
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We always ask where our hearts are rather than outward piety.
have to look.
Let us discover the contradiction brought about by religious hypocrisy through the text.
It's possible.
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They paid tithing to serve the temple
But unlike the pagans by ignoring the most essential and essential
It was in a non-existent state.
He had forsaken his love of God and his duty to his neighbor.
Even today, many people enjoy the daily worship services, feasts, and public prayers.
I cherish it, but through my daily life, I give the heart of Christ
It is neglected to be seen.
If this is not following in the footsteps of the Pharisees, what would it be?
are you?
The Lord said that the Pharisees were trampled by, but they thought it was a tomb.
He compared it to not knowing.
Although the center of the proud Jewish teachers was full of corruption and filth,
That the deceived audience did not realize at all.
The corruption of the Pharisees is so cleverly
was concealed.
They boasted the beauty of their external faith, but the center is God
was far from
In particular, leaders of faith must avoid falling into hypocrisy.
Dear saints,
How can we assert today that we are not walking in the footsteps of the Pharisees?
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In many ways we follow the Pharisees.
What is more important and what is less important, what is real and what is not
If we can't distinguish what is not, we will destroy the Pharisees even today.
It will be something that cannot be inherited.
Pretending to respect the church, exalting oneself and maintaining order in the church
It was the Pharisees who tried to secure their own power while pretending to be respectful.
It is not over, but the image of evil that exists and prevails in the church of all times.
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that all these things stem from the motivation to maximize the self
If you know, today I am completely devoted to humility, love, meekness, and spiritual things.
Dedicate yourself to me, and I hope you have victory through the help of the Holy Spirit.
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Loving Lord!
Today, through your Word, you make us realize our hypocrisy and our spiritual ignorance.
Thank you.
Those of us who should fully glorify the Lord, will live for our own glory.
renounce the duty to love God and to love our neighbor
I confess that I am often a slave to corruption.
Lord!
Make us watch and pray so that we do not fall into religious hypocrisy,
Cut out every morbid part of our nature.
We have decided and confessed to live in Christ, day by day
Let us live a true life, not outward holiness, but inward holiness
and the heart of true love for God and neighbor, that is, the
Let me live with my heart.
I pray in the name of Jesus. Amen