Jesus did not like the Pharisees. In Luke 11 he says to them, “Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are as graves which appear not, and the men that walk over them are not aware of them.”
They are like graves that are not seen causing men to walk on them. What?
The Law says that contact with the dead makes a man unclean. If a man walks over a grave he is unclean. If the grave is not marked, the man becomes unclean and doesn’t even know it.
Pharisees do not appear evil, but contact with them makes a man unclean because although they look righteous on the outside, they lead men to sin.
Appearances can be deceiving. Some of the most godly looking people can be the most destructive. A man with a reputation for godliness who is actually just a good actor, brings everyone down.
A man trying to uphold his reputation has no concern for you, he will merely call you to be like him. If God is not our standard of righteousness, then a man is. If we have not God’s righteousness then we are unclean.
Who are we following: God or a man? Beware of Pharisees, they make you unclean while you are busy trying to be clean.
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