Episode 180: Confessions of a Modern-Day Pharisee

Over 20% of the Gospel of Matthew deals with the Pharisees. Is
this so that we can use them as our 'whipping posts' to
illustrate all the bad things religious people can do? Or, did
God have those verses included because we are more like the
Pharisees than we realize? I believe the latter is the
case.

In this message, I share my own "pharisaical tendencies".

I begin with a play off of Tim Hawkin's, "You might be a Redneck
if..."

My version - I might be a Pharisee if...

…IF I AM THE SELF-APPOINTED CORRECTOR OF EVERYONE ELSE'S DOCTRINE



IF I THINK THAT THE "SPEAK THE TRUTH" PART OF
"SPEAK THE TRUTH IN LOVE" IS THE "KEY" TO THAT VERSE… 



…IF ONE OF MY FAVORITE VERSES IS "THE SPIRITUAL MAN JUDGES ALL
THINGS" (1 Cor. 2:15)



IF PRAYING THE IMPRECATORY PSALMS MAKES ME
OUTRAGEOUSLY HAPPY…



…IF I THINK THE “GIFT OF DISCERNMENT” MEANS KNOWING WHAT IS WRONG
IN EVERYBODY ELSE'S LIFE 



IF I AM SITTING HERE THINKING ABOUT SOMEONE ELSE
WHO REALLY NEEDS TO HEAR THIS MESSAGE…