Pharisees Perspective

So incompatible were the Pharisees views from those of Jesus that when the Pharisees posed a question to Jesus, it appeared that He was answering an entirely different question. On such a completely different level were His answers that the Pharisees who did not have eyes to see nor ears to hear could not perceive the truth presented to them and they were Gods leaders of the day. 

Why is this?

Because the Pharisees perspective was from tradition, rules and law. They saw everything and everyone relating to THEIR religion.

Jesus was a fierce critic of the Pharisaical system of His day, openly declaring its evil. Warning those who would hear, not do as the Pharisees or receive their leaven (teachings).

Regrettably, there is a great deal of pharisaism in the church today. Leaders that view others through the lens of their system neglecting the weightier provisions of the law: justice, mercy and faithfulness. Matt. 23:23

A modern day Pharisee fruit;

• Doing things to be seen by men.
• Love the praises of man.
• Seeking the best seats.
• Love to be seen.
• Failure to discern holy things.
• Their leading consists of ruling and not serving.
• Focussing upon external laws rather than internal change.
• Claiming righteousness with God while opposing His will.
• Exalting tradition above the commandments of God.
• Loves the seat of decision making.
• They strain at a gnat and swallow a camel.
• They appear beautiful outside, white and clean like a tomb, but inside are full of dead men bones.
• KNOWS right from wrong on all matters and will set others straight.
• They strain at a gnat and swallow a camel.
• They go out of their way to convert a soul only to make that soul a child of hell worst than themselves.
• They pay tithes, but omit the weightier matters such as justice, mercy and faith.
• They are stumbling blocks for those earnestly seeking salvation.

Matt. 16:6 And Jesus said to them, “Watch out and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”

Luke 12:1 “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

When we partake of the tree of life we can resist the clothing being tailored by the pharisaic elite. Because the Holy Spirit will lead us in all truth and witness in our hearts the bondage that lies in following after a Pharisee.

1Cor. 5:8 Therefore let us celebrate the feast, not with old leaven, nor with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the UNLEAVENED bread of SINCERITY and TRUTH. (emphases mine)

The Pharisee declares proudly, we have a law” John 19:7

The Holy Spirit affirms, you are free from the law” Rom. 8:2

~ Michael Smith