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How do I read the word of God? Pharisee or Follower
In Jesus’ day there was no body who read the scriptures more than the scribes and the Pharisees
Mt 23:2-
They carried more bible in their minds and in there mouths then anyone else
they quoted the law
they we meticulous to detail
Yet Jesus constantly Jesus would say to them “Have you not read?”
this would of been highly offensive
they dedicated their lives to the study of scripture yet Jesus says “Have you not read?”
Those signs were all the acts that Jesus did
These signs that Jesus did they could not see because they were not able to read the scriptures
The Bridegroom had come
the messiah stood before them
God was in the flesh
jn 5:
Something was terribly wrong
Jesus says when talking to the sadducees who didn’t believe in the resurrection
Often times the Pharisees would try to get Jesus caught in these traps by using the law
something they knew
something they studied
something they had dedicated their whole lives to
Mt 12:1-8
Barbieri, L. A., Jr. (1985).
Matthew.
In J. F. Walvoord & R. B. Zuck (Eds.),
The Bible Knowledge Commentary: An Exposition of the Scriptures (Vol.
2, p. 73).
Wheaton, IL: Victor Books.
Jesus traces the pharisees mistaken condemnation back to the misreading of Scripture
“have you not read?”
Jesus also traces it back to the miss reading of Him
mt 12:
They missed it
The scripture pointed to the heart of God
The Pharisees were splitting hairs with their technicalities about reaping, threshing, and winnowing.
They failed to understand compassion for people’s basic needs (in this case, the disciples’ hunger; cf.
Deut.
23:24–25), but were intense in their concern for the sacrifices.
Jesus reminded them of the words in Hosea 6:6, I desire mercy, not sacrifice, that is, inner spiritual vitality, not mere external formality.
Jesus wants more then just the religious law abiding
He wants the heart
The word of God is not just a daily fortune cookie
it is not just a book of rules
God isn’t interested in us just being law followers
Their hearts were adulterous
their desires were misplaced
they loved their sins
Where truth stood in the way of those desires, it could not be seen as more desirable than the suitor they loved
The Pharisees had a heart problem
John 5:
Verse 44 in a statement “You cannot believe in Jesus when you love the glory of man more than the Glory of God.”
Or the approval of man
the acceptance of Man
Jesus the messiah Loves God and God’s glory above all things
Jesus is the kind of messiah that undermines self-exaltation
that is not what the pharisees wanted to be
they loved their own glory
the loved their sin
Their misplaced desires were in sync with satan
John
Jesus links this love of self exaltation to satan
It boils down to desire
it isn’t a head issue it is a heart issue
They couldn’t understand the scripture because of misplaced desires, not because of Mental deficiencies
Luke
In the old Testament they turned to other God’s
in the New testament they turned to wealth, and the praise of other
They were an adulterous generation
pertaining to being unfaithful to one’s earlier and true beliefs—‘unfaithful
There all-glorious, all-satisfying bridegroom had come
He was full of spiritual truth
But they could not see it because they had other lovers
This is why they couldn’t see Jesus and why they couldn’t read scriptures
they problem wasn’t lack of light but rather they loved the darkness
they hated the light because it exposed them
it exposed their lack of understanding
it exposed their hearts
Nothing creates as great a barrier to seeing what is really there in Scripture as a heart that loves other things more than God.
Those who love darkness and hate light may give their whole life to reading and studying scripture and yet never truly read them the way Jesus expects us to
God’s aim is for as we read is to see and savor the glory of God above all else
and to desire more than anything else
this aim helps Keep our hearts from becoming like the Pharisees
it keeps us from becoming enslaved to an adulterous love
there were 353 prophecies that Jesus fulfilled
yet the religious leaders ho dedicated their life to studying the scriptures could not see Jesus as the Messiah
When we come to the word of God we need God to do this supernatural Act:
To take our heat of stone, with it’s hardness and resistance to His glory, and put in a heart of flesh that is sensitive to God’s worth and beauty
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