The Arrogance of the Pharisees..Be Sure It Is Not In You........deno.....share freely.

       We learn from Pauls insights, revelations, and writings giving to him from Jesus, that The Law given to Moses in its long term view, was given for this revelating purpose. Romans 3:19.....so that every mouth may be silenced, and ALL THE WORLD may become guilty before God (Actually to know their guilt themselves before God). The world would look at the Holy Commandments of the Law and learn its holiness and holy commands and realize that in them, that is in their being was something wrong. They would notice or realize that there was a lust in their being, a world of iniquity, a world of sinful desires in each of them to do just the opposite of the laws pure love and pure holiness commandments and ways. 
        As they looked at the Holy Law, they were to notice and say, something is wrong with me. Sort of like, Lord Im a sinful man, or Lord, be merciful to me a sinner. They sure were not to have the holier than thou attitude of self righteousness as the Pharisees took on as to say, Lord I thank God Im not like the rest of these sinful people. Im above their guilt. That attitude is sure not the true attitude that the Law was given to give all the world. Remember what the scriptures says, Romans 3:19...The Law was given so that every mouth may be stopped, meaning in part that all self righteous boasting would be shut down and that ALL THE WORLD TOGETHER (including all Pharisees and all Sadducees) would become, would know for themselves that something is wrong with them and that the whole world-all of us-would become guilty before God. We would all notice and say we were guilty of sin, we were sinners, and sinful in nature....NOT DENY THIS FACT AS THE TRUE SELF RIGHTEOUS HYPOCRITES DO. 
       This knowledge mentioned above of how guilty and how truly sinful we are was to eventually lead them and us to understand the purpose of Jesus Christ the Son of God, to understand the need for His atoning blood, and him crucified, and the need for the mercy of God and redemption, or eternal salvation thru the Messiah. However, Israel, including the majority of their elders were blinded by Satan to make the redemption connection of Isaiah 52,53,54,55....Just the opposite was their attitude and just the opposite was their mouths boast saying, I THANK GOD I'M NOT LIKE THE REST OF THESE SINFUL PEOPLE (Read Luke 18:9-14). That is an I am not guilty before God attitude. 
      Jesus, knowing why He gave the Law and its ultimate redemption purpose as we have learned in this lesson said some startling words concerning these mouths that boasted of just how holy they were and boasted about how their righteousness was beyond rebuke, as if they were above the guilt of the rest of all the world. Jesus said they went away as THE CONDEMNED. They were liars, who denied and tried to hide their evil hearts thru fronts of self righteous holy appearances and apparel. Friend every heart, yours, mine, their all naked before God. Fronts, holy apparel etc. cannot hide our hearts sins or secret thoughts and imaginations.
       Because the Pharisees refused to humble themselves and acknowledge their sins and their guilt before God, they got in serious trouble with Jesus the Lord who himself was the Law giver. Before Abraham was Jesus said, I AM....People today who possess the Pharisees I thank God I am not a sinner like the rest of these attitude, because of their self righteous holier than thou attitude, they to get themselves in hot water with Jesus today. He resisteth the proud, but gives HIS GRACE to the humble. The Lord be merciful to me a sinner hearted people.
        Friends the real honest truth of the matter is, WE WERE ALL IN THE GUILT AND SHAME BOAT TOGETHER. All of us and that without exception. No matter how people try to deceive themselves or deceive others with their own self righteous attitude, or arrogant sinless aroma that is a stench, the bible says that All sinned, All have sin in them even as a part of their being. All were guilty. All had evil in their hearts secret place, in their hidden imaginations, and in their being. Jesus even told all of Israel that even they were evil (guilty before God)(Matthew 7:9-11)....He said, If you (Israel) who ARE EVIL know how to give good things to your children...In this Jesus startles us all and all the world in these few words saying EVIL KNOWS HOW TO EVEN DO GOOD....the things one could preach from those revelating words are abundant.
        Thank God for Jesus and Him crucified and risen from the dead. We all certainly needed a Savior, a Redeemer....Behold said Elijah, Behold the Lamb of God that takes away the sin of a guilty world. Jesus became our sin and guilt offering thru the blood of His Cross. Lord Jesus how we love you and praise you and thank you for being you and for loving us and giving yourself for us on the Cross. You shed your blood in agony and you died on the cross for our sins punishment  and you rose again from the dead for our justification......Amen.....deno.