Stop Being a Pharisee?
What is false teaching? In the world today, we have witnessed a strange year. Not only to start this one with the presidential election but many internet prophecies and strange teaching from fringe preachers. It has been a burden on my heart, but I didn't feel the need to dedicate the time to write a blog post about it. Then, unironically, after witnessing many false prophecies about the election, and reading through my Bible (particularly Matthew 23) I thought it fitting to write a post. I hope that this will edify and equip you in recognizing false teachers. Particularly, viewing one of the seven woes in Matthew 23 (specifically verses 1-7). Here is the text we will look at: Matthew 23:2-4 The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses’ seat, so do and observe whatever they tell you, but not the works they do. For they preach but do not practice. They tie up heavy burdens, hard to bear, and lay them on people’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to move them with their ...