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Question Authority
Jesus’ harshest criticism for the “professed religious”
The Pharisee’s fell into this group … They had a veneer of religiosity … They had a “Form of godliness”
Isaiah
In our text today we see Jesus addressing the religious crowd … the church goers if you will
People who were devoted to the external … the form of religion
The issue is clear in … WHO SPEAKS FOR GOD
Who speaks with authority … Jesus (who is and declares the Word of God)? or the Pharisees (RELIGION)
You see … Religious leaders in Jesus’ day sought to adjust God’s standards to conform to them
RATHER than conforming to His standard as the authority … These people RESISTED LIVING UNDER GOD’S AUTHORITY
Their actions reveal their motives … if we are not careful … we can all fall into this trap
ANTAGONISM
16:14 Pharisees … loved money.
In Luke’s perspective, this is one of the most severe criticisms Jesus can level.
In light of v. 13, the Pharisees are accused of hating God.
These leaders were driven by a desire to get … so truth didn't rank high on their priority list
They came … and LISTENED to Jesus (14b)
But they were antagonistic to His Words
Note word RIDICULED = Lit.
Turned nose up to;
What is your response to God’s truth?
They looked Good on the Outside
Whether overtly or covertly, the Pharisees are listening in on these teachings of Jesus.
When their scoffing makes Jesus aware of their presence, he turns on them.
Card, M. (2011).
Luke: The Gospel of Amazement (p.
191).
Downers Grove, IL: IVP Books.
16:15 the ones who justify yourselves in the eyes of others.
Those “who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everyone else” (18:9).
What people value highly.
They sought to look Good to others … They sought righteousness before God (and others) by their works
They had a Zeal with out knowledge of the Truth
Carson, D. A. (2015).
The Gospels and Acts.
In D. A. Carson (Ed.), NIV Zondervan Study Bible: Built on the Truth of Scripture and Centered on the Gospel Message (p.
2112).
Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan.
Romans
Romans 3:
Romans 3:38
they sought HUman approval above all ...
Romans 3:
BUT GOD KNOWS THE HEART … This kind of relationship with God … the simply external one that doesn't bend to HIS AUTHORITY is an abomination in HIS SIGHT
Abomination = Something that stinks
Matthew
1 Kings
By their actions they showed that they hated what God loved and loved what God hated
AUTHORITY
I want to introduce this last point by teaching very briefly on the Law of God.
If we are to discover Christ’s deep teaching in this section, we must understand that the moral Law of God is as binding on the New Testament Church as it was on Israel.
John Calvin in his Institutes asks the question: What are the Ten Commandments to us? (Book 2, Chapter 8).
He answers by explaining that the moral Law of God is obvious, binding, and severe.
It is God’s minimum expectation of His people.
Because Adam sinned, no one has been able to keep the Law but because God is altogether Holy and Righteous He cannot lessen any of the Law’s demands.
God doesn’t grade on a curve.
According to Calvin, it is this unforgiving moral Law that shows God’s complete holiness and our desperate need of a Mediator…One who has kept the Law perfectly, namely, Jesus Christ.
The Law invites Grace.
David Wilkerson writes; “Many ‘Grace’ preachers do away with the Law before it can do its work of convicting of sin.
We are not saved by the Law—but we are convinced of our sin by the Law!
“For by the Law is the knowledge of sin” ().
The Law was sent “that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God”(verse 19).
“The Law was our schoolmaster to bring us to Christ that we might be justified by faith” ().
“The law is holy. .
.and just, and good.
Was then that which is good made death unto me?
God forbid.
But sin, that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which is good; that sin by the commandment might become exceedingly sinful”().
Paul was saying, “I couldn’t really confess my sins until I knew they were sins!
I couldn’t seek after the holiness of God until I saw how far from Him I was!
The law hit home to me, destroying my nonchalance about sin.
“When I saw God’s holiness by His Commandments, sin became utterly sinful to me!”
That is the conviction that drives you straight into the arms of Christ, crying “Mercy, Lord!
I can’t save myself, I can’t fulfill Your Law.
I have seen the sin of my heart!”
The Prince of Preachers Charles Spurgeon said, “The Law demands perfection, but man has already fallen short of it; and therefore let him do his best, he cannot accomplish what is absolutely essential.
The Law is meant to lead the sinner to faith in Christ, by showing the impossibility of any other way.
It is the black dog to fetch the sheep to the shepherd, the burning heat which drives the traveler to the shadow of the great rock in a weary land”.
We focus on the failure of divorce.
Yet the Bible says we have sinned and broken each commandment.
None of you have loved the Lord God with all your heart and all your soul and all your strength every moment of every day.
We have secretly loved money and depended on it, we have lied, we have cheated, we have stolen, we have longed for that which does not belong to us.
Salvation is by grace alone, totally apart from the works of the Law.
Grace by its very nature is what is needed when we fail to keep the law of God.
Paul wrote, “And if by grace, then it is no longer by works; if it were, grace would no longer be grace” ().
Listen carefully, no one, no one has ever—not ever—even come close to being saved because they kept the Law of God perfectly.
Only Jesus has done that.
We have all sinned.
We have all fallen short.
We must never forget the Law is good.
The Law is founded on God’s grace.
The law reveals the standard of righteousness—perfection.
Jesus fulfills the Law—He is perfection—we are righteous “in Him”.
We fulfill the function of the Law in Him.
Back in - Jesus’ hearers are confronted with HIS Kingdom … The Good News … or the Gospel offers opportunity to enter HIS Kingdom
The time of the Kingdom is Here now … come share in His Reign
But to do so one must submit to his authority and cease scoffing it.
This authority is based on the fact that God’s word IS the final authority to which we must SUBMIT
Not our traditions or authorities
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