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Don’t Follow a Blind Guide
Then (the Lord) Jesus (Christ) spoke to the crowds and to His disciples,// saying: “The scribes and the Pharisees have seated themselves in the chair of Moses…”
“…therefore all that they tell you, do and observe (honor their authority), but do not do (this) according to their deeds (their practices of hypocrisy); for they say things and do not do them.”
“They tie up heavy burdens and lay them on men’s shoulders, but they themselves are unwilling to move them with so much as a finger.”
“But they (the scribes and the Pharisees) do all their deeds to be noticed by men; for they broaden their phylacteries (small leather pouches containing Old Testament Scripture) and (they) lengthen the tassels of their garments (so they will be more noticed).”
“They love the place of honor at banquets and the chief seats in the synagogues,//and respectful greetings in the market places, and being called Rabbi (a scholar) by men.”
“But do not be called Rabbi; for One is your Teacher (didaskalos), and you are all brothers (the brethren…the body of Christ…the Royal Family of God).”
“Do not call anyone on earth your father; for One is your Father, He (God the Father) who is in heaven.”
“Do not be called leaders (masters); for One is your Leader (Master), that is, Christ.”
“But the greatest among you shall be your servant.”
“Whoever exalts himself (like the scribes and the Pharisees) shall be humbled; and whoever humbles himself (like Christ…as a servant) shall be exalted.”
I (Paul) am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure has come.
I (Paul) have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith…
…in the future there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day; and not only to me, but also to all who have loved His appearing.
“But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites…”
“Woe to you, blind guides…”
“You fools and blind men!”
“You blind men…”
“You blind guides, who strain out a gnat and swallow a camel!”
“So you, too, outwardly appear (to be) righteous to men, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness (rebellion).”
BREAK
Friend of Mine
When I Think About Home
The Road Not Taken
by Robert Frost
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I couldTo where it bent in the undergrowth…The Road Not Taken Then took the other, as just as fair,And having perhaps the better claim Because it was grassy and wanted wear,Though as for that the passing thereHad worn them really about the same…The Road Not TakenAnd both that morning equally layIn leaves no step had trodden black.Oh, I marked the first for another day!Yet knowing how way leads on to wayI doubted if I should ever come back.The Road Not Taken I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence:Two roads diverged in a wood, and I, I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.
“Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it.”
“For the gate is small and the way is narrow that leads to (the Zoe) life, and there are few who find it.”
Let not many of you become teachers, my brethren, knowing that as such we will incur a stricter judgment.
Don’t Follow a Blind Guide
CLOSING PRAYER
And we pray that you continue to shape the messages from this pulpit that are an accurate reflection of your person, your thinking, your work, your reputation and your essence...we ask this through the power of God the Holy Spirit, in Christ’s name, Amen.
And He (the Lord Jesus Christ) also spoke a parable to them: “A blind man cannot guide a blind man, can he? Will they not both fall into a pit?//A pupil is not above his teacher; but everyone, after he has been fully trained, will be like his teacher.”
“For there is no good tree which produces bad fruit, nor, on the other hand, (is there) a bad tree which produces good fruit.//For each tree is known by its own fruit.”
“The good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth what is good; and the evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth what is evil; for his mouth speaks from that which fills his heart.”
See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, according to the tradition of men, according to the elementary principles of the world, rather than according to Christ.
CLOSING SONG
Destiny
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