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  • Matthew 23.13-31 | Woe to you … hypocrites (1)

    Matthew 23.13-31 | Woe to you … hypocrites (1)
    2025/05/02
    In our previous lesson, we began the study of Matthew 23, a well-known chapter where Jesus exposed ruthlessly the failings of the religious leaders. Seven times He used the solemn expression 'woe to you.' Six times He called them 'hypocrites.' Twice He spoke of them as 'blind guides,' twice as 'fools and blind,' and once as 'serpents and a brood of vipers.' This is probably the most stern and sustained denunciation of a group of people by Jesus.
    We also mentioned that in our interpretation of this chapter, we must be careful not to stereotype Pharisaism. If this text is to be of any benefit to us, we should approach it with the understanding that each of these expressions could well apply to us.
    In this lesson, we will study the seven woes and try to look at the principle involved in each of them.
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    27 分
  • Matthew 23.13-31 | Woe to you … hypocrites (2)

    Matthew 23.13-31 | Woe to you … hypocrites (2)
    2025/05/02
    Matthew 23 contains seven denunciations against the Jewish leaders. 'Woe to you,' Jesus said to the scribes and Pharisees. We saw in our previous lesson that the expression 'woe to you' is an exceptional cry of grief as well as a threatening complaint. We have already discussed woe #1, #2, #3 and #4. In this lesson, we will look at woe #5, #6, and #7.
    Matthew 23 contains seven denunciations against the Jewish leaders. 'Woe to you,' Jesus
    said to the scribes and Pharisees. We saw in our previous lesson that the expression 'woe to you' is an
    exceptional cry of grief as well as a threatening complaint. We have already discussed woe #1, #2, #3
    and #4. In this lesson, we will look at woe #5, #6, and #7.
    Woe #5
    This is what Jesus says in woe #5. Matthew 23.25-26.
    Matthew 23.25. Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you cleanse the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of extortion and self-indulgence.26 Blind Pharisee, first cleanse the inside of the cup and dish, that the outside of them may be clean also.
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    24 分
  • Matthew 23.13-31 | Woe to you … hypocrites (3)

    Matthew 23.13-31 | Woe to you … hypocrites (3)
    2025/04/30
    The Lord Jesus denounced the Pharisees more than any other kind of people. We saw in the last two lessons that in Matthew 23, He called them 'hypocrites' six times (verses 13, 15, 23, 25, 27, 29) and explained various manifestations of that spiritual problem. We saw that it is something perilous, something that will result in spiritual death. Jesus said very plainly that the place of the hypocrites will be in hell. How shall you escape the sentence of hell, He said to the Pharisees (Matthew 23.33).
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    24 分
  • Matthew 23.13-31 | Woe to you … hypocrites (4)

    Matthew 23.13-31 | Woe to you … hypocrites (4)
    2025/04/29
    In our last lesson, we were discussing the subject of hypocrisy in Matthew 23 and we saw that hypocrisy is a sin that has catastrophic consequences. When Jesus said, How will you (scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites) escape being condemned to hell (Matthew 23.33)? or He will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth (Matthew 24.51), the message is clear. The fate of the hypocrites is to go to hell.
    Therefore the problem of hypocrisy has to do with the very matter of salvation. If we do not deal with it, there is no salvation to talk about. There is no hope for salvation. Knowing this, we want to do everything possible to stay away from hypocrisy. But we become more nervous when we know also, as we saw the last time, that hypocrisy is part of the human nature. No one is immune from it. So how do we deal with this problem?
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    25 分
  • Matthew 23.29-31 | You are the sons of those who murdered the prophets

    Matthew 23.29-31 | You are the sons of those who murdered the prophets
    2025/04/29
    In the past few lessons, we have been studying Matthew 23. We spent quite some time on the seven 'woes,' seven accusations against the scribes and the Pharisees for their failure to live up to their position as guardians and teachers of God's law. Today I would like to return to the last woe and explore the concept of sonship from a biblical perspective. What does the Bible teach about sonship? Let's read Matthew 23:29-31.
    Matthew 23:29. "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you build the tombs of the prophets and adorn the monuments of the righteous,
    30 saying, 'If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have taken part with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.'
    31 Thus you witness against yourselves, that you are sons of those who murdered the prophets.
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    25 分
  • Matthew 23:32 | Fill up then the measure of your fathers

    Matthew 23:32 | Fill up then the measure of your fathers
    2025/04/28
    We have studied many of Jesus' words and now we are approaching His teaching concerning the last days, the end time. In Matthew 24:3, the disciples asked Jesus, Tell us, when will these things be, and what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the age? In theology, the subject of 'the end of the age' is called 'eschatology.' Eschatology is from the Greek word eschatos, which means 'last.' So eschatology is the teaching concerning the last things, the things which will come as this age draws to a close.
    Notice that we are not talking about the end of the world. The end of the world, if we speak of it in absolute terms, is mentioned in Revelation where we are told about a 'new heaven and a new earth.' It is also seen in 2Peter where Peter writes that 'this world will be destroyed with intense heat.'
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    26 分
  • Matthew 23.33 | How shall you escape the sentence of hell (1)

    Matthew 23.33 | How shall you escape the sentence of hell (1)
    2025/04/26
    One of the sternest words the Lord Jesus ever used to sinners is found in Matthew 23.33: You serpents, you brood of vipers, how shall you escape the sentence of hell? Jesus was speaking to the Pharisees, calling them serpents and the sons of vipers. ‘You are the offspring of snakes that cannot escape the damnation of hell!’
    There is one topic here that we need to look at, and it concerns the Lord’s teaching about hell. This is a heavy topic. Hell is a subject that we do not want to talk casually about.
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    25 分
  • Matthew 23.33 | How shall you escape the sentence of hell (2)

    Matthew 23.33 | How shall you escape the sentence of hell (2)
    2025/04/26
    This lesson is the second part of a teaching on hell. We concluded our last lesson by looking at three biblical expressions related to hell: (1) 'the weeping and gnashing of teeth,' (2) 'the fire of hell,' and (3) 'the outer darkness.' We mentioned that though the imagery is different, all these expressions involve the idea of death. The 'weeping and gnashing of teeth' is the reaction of a person before his execution. When you are in the fire of hell, you are consumed. You die. When you are cast out into the outer darkness, you are cut off from God's life. You die.
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    29 分