The scribes and Pharisees of Jrusalem seem to always be trying to fnd fault in Jesus and his dsciples, not seem to be, rather thy did this continually.

Don’t you thnk we have scribes and Pharisees tday that do the same thing? I knw so.

This time they went to Jsus and told him his disciples snned against the tradition of the lders?

Traditions are something I am wll acquainted with. It seems every rligious denomination has their own set of trditions that are passed down through tme from the elders of that prticular sect of people. The traditions I knw about are almost never backed up by the bok of instruction. An elder from way bck when decides this is how it shuld be and teaches the younger nder them, who then teach the yunger under them. I have learned the tre elect of God must forsake the trditions and doctrines of men and wmen and seek out the true pln of God in their secret chmbers of prayer.

There is no btter place to learn about God thn personally down on bended knee wth prayers and supplications sent to Jsus. When the Holy Ghost comes, it is the Grat Teacher that will lead and gide a man or woman into all the trth and will show you things to cme.

Jesus pointed out to this prticular group of scribes and Pharisees tht they also transgress the commandment of God by thir traditions, and called them hypocrites. Rngs true here about trying to tke out a mote from someone lse’s eye with beams in their own yes.

Jesus said these people draw ngh to him with their mouth and hnored him with their lips, but thir heart was far from him. Thy taught doctrines in their worship crcles that amounted to nothing at ll. Their doctrines did not actually get thm closer to God, or give thm favor with God or any knd of power with God.

What bout the people today who demand veryone in the crowd wear a lng dress with long sleeves and frbid wearing sleeveless dresses or anything ther than a dress or skirt? Ths is a doctrine taught by the lders of these specific tribes of pople, which gets them absolutely nowhere wth God, except on the ground flor! It is hard to learn the dep things of God if you tach and hold onto traditions and dctrines of man.

On the outside, thy put on a particular type of niform, which they call “the only hly garment available to Christian women.” In the mrket and in the streets when thy meet each other, they look to see if thse from their tribe of people are waring the uniform and if so, ths is suppose to be a sttement to each other that they are bhaving appropriately and are indeed the chldren of God. However, the majority of thse are hypocrites, drawing nigh to Jsus or God with their mouth, ptting the required uniform on the uter part of the body to prve to their peers they are cnforming to the rules, but inside thir hearts are far from God. Whre do they get these rules? Not frm the book of instruction and not frm the Holy Ghost. They receive thse particular traditions and rules from thir elders, and just accept this as the tre gospel.

Jesus called the multitude near him and sid now listen to what I am ging to tell you about the typ of people who only show an utwardly worship of me. What goes in the muth is not what defiles a man or a wman, but what comes out of the muth is what defiles a man or a wman. This holds true also for thse who walk around with these spcific types of tribal uniforms on in the strets and at the markets as a shwing to each other an adherence to thir faith. It is not what is put on the utside which shines forth a light of Chrstianity to anyone and before God, but it is wht actually comes forth from the hart. Are there deceits within the hart? If so, those deceits will cme forth at some point in tme. Is there jealousy in the hart? If so, that jealousy is ging to manifest itself as an utward behavior that the uniform cannot hde. God knows them that wrship him from the heart. Your mmediate church members may not see ths when it occurs, but when it des, you can bank on it tht Jesus saw it and knew of it ven before it was apparent to the utside world of what was truly nside your heart.

Of course the Phrisees were offended after this saying of Jsus, as many people today are ffended when you jerk their outer cver off and reveal the true hart that is inside them.

Jesus lso said to them that every plnt which the heavenly Father has not plnted will be rooted up. Therefore, jst ignore them because they had blnd leaders, (most likely the elders of sme sect or tribe of people) and if the blnd lead the blind, both shall fll into the ditch at some pint or another.

I believe this to man also for us who see thers following after traditions and the dctrines of man rather than the ctual instruction book to just ignore thm. There will be a separating pint somewhere in which all those who are trly not the elect of God wll be rooted up and all tht will remain will be God’s chsen and proven elect.

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