{"id":370,"date":"2019-06-02T02:52:33","date_gmt":"2019-06-02T02:52:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/themastersgoods.org\/?p=370"},"modified":"2019-06-02T05:02:12","modified_gmt":"2019-06-02T05:02:12","slug":"pharisees-pt-5-10-signs-you-might-be-a-pharisee-killer-superstructures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themastersgoods.org\/index.php\/2019\/06\/02\/pharisees-pt-5-10-signs-you-might-be-a-pharisee-killer-superstructures\/","title":{"rendered":"Pharisees Pt 5: 10 Signs You Might Be a Pharisee: Killer Superstructures"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Pharisees Pt 1<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pharisees Pt 2<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pharisees Pt 3<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pharisees Pt 4<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Matthew 12<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

 1At that time Jesus \nwent on the sabbath day through the corn; and his disciples were an \nhungred, and began to pluck the ears of corn and to eat.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

 2But\n when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto him, Behold, thy disciples do\n that which is not lawful to do upon the sabbath day.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\n makes \u201cperfect sense\u201d to the Pharisee that his convictions are \n\u201cBiblical.\u201d He finds it almost incomprehensible that anyone could \ndisagree.  After all, the keeping the Sabbath holy was not a \u201csmall \nthing\u201d!  It was not a minor thing like tithing.  It was one of the Ten \nCommandments! Surely anyone but a liberal Sadducee could \u201csee\u201d that.  \nBut Pharisee code was not scripture!  It was \u201cSuper-Scriptural.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\n have no problem with a man preaching his convictions.  (Even the \nsuperscriptural ones, because it\u2019s not for me to say that the Lord may \ngenuinely be speaking this practical application to the man\u2019s heart.) \n But often it morphs into something sinister.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The \nreasoning goes like this: the Ten Commandments teach us to keep the \nSabbath holy.  Maybe we should take that as far as we can.  Maybe we \nshould run as far away from an \u201cunholy\u201d Sabbath as possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So\n far so good!  I have absolutely no problem with that. I have no problem\n with convictions. Teach people how to read and interpret the Bible, \nshare your convictions, and then teach them how to interact with the \nHoly Spirit to develop their own. But don\u2019t you dare preach your \nconvictions for scripture. Taking a little of another man\u2019s corn  (If \nyou were hungry) was allowed by scripture (De 23:25).  But the Pharisees\n were so mad because Jesus violated their code concerning just exactly \nhow THEY were convicted to KEEP the Sabbath. I am all for \u201csuper \nstructures\u201d.  We all build on our convictions.  Our convictions change, \nas we grow in grace.  Some get more strict, and some more mellow over \nthe years. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What I abhor is when the \u201csuperstructures\u201d \nbuilt on clear Biblical commandments and precepts merge with and become \nequal with the commandments themselves and, thus, become binding to the \ngroup.  Sometimes these superstructures are used to control others.  \nControl cleans up messiness it is true, but the cost is conviction. The \nmaturation process is crushed by over pruning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

9)     You might be a Pharisee if you harshly micromanage (or try to) everyone in your sway. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In\n the book of Matthew, we see this micromanaging by the Pharisees. When \nto fast, when not to fast, when to eat, what to eat, where to worship, \nwhen to worship, who to hang out with, hygiene, were the things they \nconcerned themselves with when rebuking Jesus.  The beautiful thing \nabout the gospel is freedom.  I serve God because I want to.  If I \ndidn\u2019t want to, I wouldn\u2019t have to. Before you can ever even consider \nthe conditional promises, you must understand that you don\u2019t have to \nkeep them. Without the freedom, the best code, perfectly kept is filthy \nrags. In fact Christ will turn some away who did \u201cgood things,\u201d Things \nthat Jesus himself did, casting out devils, prophesying, \u201cMany good \nworks.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inside freedom, the obeying of biblical commands \nand precepts, (Even the obeying \u2013 in faith \u2013 of personal convictions and\n superstructures) are a sweet smelling savor. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But the \nproblem, the reason they get turned away, is lack of intimacy with their\n Lord.  He says \u201cI never knew you.\u201d You can do all the right things, for\n all the wrong reasons.  To prophesy, to cast out Devils for any other \nreason than as an outgrowth of a personal intimate walk with God, is \ncalled \u201cIniquity\u201d by Jesus.  That is why Pharisee ends up with \nproselytes who are two fold the child of Hell as himself. The second \ngeneration Pharisee often will blindly follow just the group \nsuperstructure.  He many times has no concept of the growing process \nthat only comes from a life of intimately \u201cKnowing God\u201d.  He has not \nfelt the yearning wooing heart of Christ. He knows nothing of the voice \nof God.  His whole religion has been the code, the superstructure.  \n\u201cThis is what the group says was good.  This is what they told me to do \nto be a good Christian.\u201c He needs his own personal superstructure. Not \nsomeone else\u2019s. he needs the freedom to follow today\u2019s convictions, \npersonal convictions, birthed in relationship with Christ.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Depart from me ye workers of iniquity.  I never KNEW you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To\n get the reward, you must in your freedom, chose to obey God’s Word and \ndo so for the right reasons. reasons sprouting from response to the Holy\n Ghost’s personal dealings, from Knowing God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have a vivid memory of a little girl (preacher’s daughter) who walked up to my Mama who was doing dishes in our home.  This cute little girl pointed at my Mama and declared, “You are going to Hell because you wear shorts.” She was much too young to know about sexuality, too immature to understand modesty, or Hell and God’s judgment.  All she knew was the code of her daddy’s church. I don’t fault her.  But i tell this story to point out how disconnected the second generation Pharisee can be from the process of conviction and personal growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Romans 14:1-12 teaches us to let folks grow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Romans 14<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

 1Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

 2For one believeth that he may eat all things: another, who is weak, eateth herbs.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

 3Let\n not him that eateth despise him that eateth not; and let not him which \neateth not judge him that eateth: for God hath received him.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

 4Who\n art thou that judgest another man’s servant? to his own master he \nstandeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be holden up: for God is able to make\n him stand.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

 5One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

 6He\n that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto the Lord; and he that \nregardeth not the day, to the Lord he doth not regard it. He that \neateth, eateth to the Lord, for he giveth God thanks; and he that eateth\n not, to the Lord he eateth not, and giveth God thanks.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

 7For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

 8For\n whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto\n the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord’s.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

 9For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and living.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

 10But\n why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy \nbrother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

 11For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

 12So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDespising\n and judging.\u201d All over days and diet. But God made us all priests, all \nwith a main line to the same Holy Ghost with no need for any other \nmediator. Preacher?  Preach! Exhorter? Exhort!  Compeller? Compell! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

CONVICTER? CONVICT!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(That last one is not a spiritual gift.  It\u2019s the sole responsibility of the Holy Ghost.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is Biblical judgment.  We don\u2019t ignore that at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But there is a very real, very manipulative, over bearing, unmerciful, nagging, controlling judgment as well.  The latter is very much like witchcraft in it\u2019s methods and purposes. It can stifle intimacy with God.  It can suffocate the man\u2019s ability to hear the Holy Spirit.  At worst, it can keep him from entering the Kingdom.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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