Who Is The Enemy?
by Pastor Don Elmore
May 11, 2014
Scripture Reading: Luke 12:1-5
The Pharisees were a powerful religious sect who saw themselves as successors of Ezra. They felt responsible for preserving, interpreting and teaching the law. But the law to them was not just the books of Moses as revealed by God in the Old Testament, but also the ORAL law that Jesus referred to as their traditions, which led them into obsessions over small facts rather than the heart and essence (weightier matters) of the law. Jesus told the disciples of the hypocrisy of these people and promised that their works would be made known. He reassured the people not to be intimidated by these puffed up ones who proclaimed themselves the righteous authority.
Phariseeism is modern day Judaism. Should we too be afraid of the modern day Pharisees? What can they do besides kill us? We shouldn’t be afraid of the jewish influence, but we should fear our own God. The people who killed our Savior, are laying the framework to kill us.