Religious People vs Disciple of Christ

Matthew 23:13-36

13 “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the door of the kingdom of heaven in people’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let those enter who are trying to. 

14 They devour widows’ houses and for a show make lengthy prayers. These men will be punished most severely.”

15 “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You travel over land and sea to win a single convert, and when you have succeeded, you make them twice as much a child of hell as you are.

16 “Woe to you, blind guides! You say, ‘If anyone swears by the temple, it means nothing; but anyone who swears by the gold of the temple is bound by that oath.’ 

17 You blind fools! Which is greater: the gold, or the temple that makes the gold sacred? 

18 You also say, ‘If anyone swears by the altar, it means nothing; but anyone who swears by the gift on the altar is bound by that oath.’ 

19 You blind men! Which is greater: the gift, or the altar that makes the gift sacred? 

20 Therefore, anyone who swears by the altar swears by it and by everything on it. 

21 And anyone who swears by the temple swears by it and by the one who dwells in it. 

22 And anyone who swears by heaven swears by God’s throne and by the one who sits on it.

23 “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You give a tenth of your spices—mint, dill and cumin. But you have neglected the more important matters of the law—justice, mercy and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former. 

24 You blind guides! You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel.

25 “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence. 

26 Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and dish, and then the outside also will be clean.

27 “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of the bones of the dead and everything unclean. 

28 In the same way, on the outside you appear to people as righteous but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.

29 “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You build tombs for the prophets and decorate the graves of the righteous. 

30 And you say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our ancestors, we would not have taken part with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.’ 

31 So you testify against yourselves that you are the descendants of those who murdered the prophets. 

32 Go ahead, then, and complete what your ancestors started!

33 “You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape being condemned to hell? 

34 Therefore I am sending you prophets and sages and teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify; others you will flog in your synagogues and pursue from town to town. 

35 And so upon you will come all the righteous blood that has been shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Berekiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar. 

36 Truly I tell you, all this will come on this generation.

John 5:39‭-‬42

39 You study the Scriptures diligently because you think that in them you have eternal life. These are the very Scriptures that testify about me, 

40 yet you refuse to come to me to have life. 

41 “I do not accept glory from human beings, 

42 but I know you. I know that you do not have the love of God in your hearts.

Acts of the Apostles 4:13

The members of the council were amazed when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, for they could see that they were ordinary men with no special training in the Scriptures. They also recognized them as men who had been with Jesus.

Matthew 23:1-12

1 Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples: 

2 “The teachers of the law and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat. 

3 So you must be careful to do everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach. 

4 They tie up heavy, cumbersome loads and put them on other people’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to lift a finger to move them.

5 “Everything they do is done for people to see: They make their phylacteries wide and the tassels on their garments long; 

6 they love the place of honor at banquets and the most important seats in the synagogues; 

7 they love to be greeted with respect in the marketplaces and to be called ‘Rabbi’ by others.

8 “But you are not to be called ‘Rabbi,’ for you have one Teacher, and you are all brothers. 

9 And do not call anyone on earth ‘father,’ for you have one Father, and he is in heaven. 

10 Nor are you to be called instructors, for you have one Instructor, the Messiah. 

11 The greatest among you will be your servant. 

12 For those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.

Luke 10:25-37 (NIV)

25 On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?”

26 “What is written in the Law?” he replied. “How do you read it?”

27 He answered, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’; and, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’”

28 “You have answered correctly,” Jesus replied. “Do this and you will live.”

29 But he wanted to justify himself, so he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”

30 In reply Jesus said: “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, when he was attacked by robbers. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him and went away, leaving him half dead. 31 A priest happened to be going down the same road, and when he saw the man, he passed by on the other side. 32 So too, a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. 33 But a Samaritan, as he traveled, came where the man was; and when he saw him, he took pity on him. 34 He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put the man on his own donkey, brought him to an inn and took care of him. 35 The next day he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper. ‘Look after him,’ he said, ‘and when I return, I will reimburse you for any extra expense you may have.’

36 “Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?”

37 The expert in the law replied, “The one who had mercy on him.”

Jesus told him, “Go and do likewise.”

Look this whole story. In the beginning, the questions of the expert in the law to Jesus is : What must he do to inherit eternal life?

So this parables is also told how to get the eternal life.

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Thank you Brother Yani for the wonderful teaching today 💖💐

What I learn today between the Religious people VS Disciple of Christ is that Religious people is heavily dependent on the Bible and they  have good memory of it and because of that the Holy Spirit have no place in their hearts to teach them , that's why until now they are still  blinded. They are hypocrite because they have the Torah but they never obey it or they only obey half of it but most of the time they misunderstood the scripture , they are more in engaging in  man mades tradition and they only want to justified themselves by doing such rituals .

While on other hands those Disciple of Christ has been lead by the Holy Spirit, they understand the scripture for the Holy Spirit is teaching them for they directly go to the lord to learn and not just enrolling in bible schools  and because of that they are the one who are fulfilling the law, for the scripture is pointing to the lord Jesus(person) and by that walking with the lord they walk in LOVE that's producing a good fruit and Good works that touch people around them. 

“Teacher, which is the most important commandment in the law of Moses?” Jesus replied, “‘You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind.’  This is the first and greatest commandment.  A second is equally important: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’  The entire law and all the demands of the prophets are based on these two commandments.”

Matthew 22:36‭-‬40 NLT

Thank you ^_^💐 |hannah