Biblical Law and Government

Lesson Eleven - Page 16

(50) So, the scribes and Pharisees (and lawyers) of Christ’s day are today’s:

( ) a. Clergymen. ( ) b. Government bureaucrats. ( ) c. Both.

Read Jesus Christ’s rebuke of the lawyers as recorded in Luke 11:45-54. Keep in mind that many men in government are also lawyers.

Luke 11:45-54 KJV (45) Then answered one of the lawyers, and said unto him, Master, thus saying thou reproachest us also. (46) And he said. Woe unto you also, {ye} lawyers! for ye lade men with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers. (47) Woe unto you! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and your fathers killed them. (48) Truly ye bear witness that ye allow the deeds of your fathers: for they indeed killed them, and ye build their sepulchres. (49) Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send them prophets and apostles, and {some} of them they shall slay and persecute: (50) That the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation; (51) From the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, which perished between the altar and the temple: verity I say unto you. It shall be required of this generation. (52) Woe unto you, lawyers! for ye have taken away the key of knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering in ye hindered. (53) And as he said these things unto them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to urge {him} vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many things: (54) Laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him.

Matthew 23:1-12 KJV (1) Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his dis ciples, (2) Saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat: (3) All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, {that} observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not. (4) For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay {them} on men’s shoulders; but they {themselves} will not move them with one of their fingers. (5) But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments, (6) And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the syna gogues, (7) And greetings in the markets, and to be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi. (8) But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, {even} Christ; and all ye are brethren. (9) And call no {man} your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven. (10) Neither be ye called masters: for one is your Master, {even} Christ. (11) But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant. (12) And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.

(51) Compare Matthew 23:4 about Scribes and Pharisees with His words about Lawyers in Luke 11:46. Does Jesus Christ use the same words to describe all three? ( ) Yes. ( ) No. (52) When the Scribes (town clerks) and Pharisees heard Christ’s rebuke of the Lawyers, what did they do? ( ) a. They took Christ’s words to heart and repented. ( ) b. They tried to entrap Jesus into making an incriminating statement so they might bring charges against Him. The Sabbath In The New Testament (Before continuing read Matthew 12:1-16, Mark 2:23-3:2 and Luke 6:1-11) Recall that someone was watching Trinity Church. When they saw Rev. Warren they said, Where did he come from? When they discovered the circumstances of how Rev. Warren came from England to America, they accused Trinity Church of violating “the law” prohibiting the importation of alien labor. The Supreme Court agreed that Trinity Church did violate the letter of the law but that the church did not violate the spir it of the law. Here in Matthew, Mark and Luke we find a similar situation. Someone was watching Jesus and his disciples.

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