Quiet Time Notes
Notes from my daily Quiet Times with God
No one like him - Conflict and Controversy (part 1)
May 28th, 2009Previous |
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Established positions were threaten
Again and again Jesus said “You have heard it said … but I say to you…”
Some say Jesus was the ultimate nice person but he was a prophet (reputation for being offensive)
Examples in Matthew 23:
- v3 – Called them hypocrites
- v4 – Put heavy burdens on other but did nothing themselves
- v5 – Everything was for show
- v13 – Behavior blocked themselves and others from entering the kingdom
- v16-22 – Making ridiculous rules about swearing
- v23-24 – straining about some fine point and neglecting justice, love, faithfulness
- v25-28 – Outward show and no inward change
- v29-30 – They had the same attitude as the people who killed the prophets