2007-02-28 14:24:02 · 9 answers · asked by isaiah 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Today's Pharisees are those who are orthodox in their doctrine, but have nothing of the Spirit of Christ in them. They are those who "Strain out a gnat and swallow a camel". They heap heavy burdens on others, but will not lend so much as a finger to help them lift them. They are the religious - those who are "buying a stairway to heaven", who persecute the spiritual, the "babes" to whom God has revealed Himself. Sadly, these are the ones the enemies of God refer to as "Christians".
Yes, "You must be born again."
2007-02-28 14:33:10 · answer #1 · answered by wefmeister 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Whoa.....don't forget...the Pharisees were the GOOD guys!!!
True, some did give Jesus a hard time, but Paul was a Pharisee -- and even considered himself to be one years after his conversion! Nicodemas was also a Pharisee.
In fact, it is through the Pharisees that we even have the belief in angels, in the afterlife and in the resurrection of the dead. NONE of these are biblical.....but ORAL Tradition handed down to us. The Sadducees denied all three. In fact they all died out after the destruction of the Temple in 70 A.D. because they were so dependent on the temple cult and were bible (Torah) literalists which is why they denied the existance of these three things. The Pharisees were not strict in their interpretation of Scripture -- although surely at times one could easily draw that conclusion. Thus, ALL of today's Jews are descended from Pharisees...None from the Sadducees. Jesus was thought to have been a Pharisee since he obviously embraced that teaching of all three as well. Incidentally, it was the homes of Pharisees that Jesus ever went into....at no time did he ever enter into the home of a Sadducee.....he knew he would not find an audience there.
So......today's fundies are like the Sadducees -- bible literalists with a strict interpretation.
6Then Paul, knowing that some of them were Sadducees and the others Pharisees, called out in the Sanhedrin, "My brothers, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee. I stand on trial because of my hope in the resurrection of the dead." 7When he said this, a dispute broke out between the Pharisees and the Sadducees, and the assembly was divided. 8(The Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, and that there are neither angels nor spirits, but the Pharisees acknowledge them all.) Acts 23:6-8
2007-02-28 22:55:20 · answer #2 · answered by The Carmelite 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Sometimes, I suppose it can be you and me. I am more concerned about the pharisee in me than in identifying any particular group of people as the pharisees.
2007-02-28 22:39:11 · answer #3 · answered by Mr Ed 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh that's easy, just look for the legalistic ones. They try to trap you with legal questions, just like they did to Jesus when His feet walked the earth.
They'll ask the same type of questions as then: Exactly who is my neighbor, the guy next door or the one 6 miles away? Should religious people pay taxes? Who is greater in Heaven, Jesus or Mohammed? Why didn't Jesus flat out tell people back then that He was the Christ?
See what I mean? Easy to spot :)
2007-02-28 22:34:14 · answer #4 · answered by arewethereyet 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In order to answer that question, I would probably have to judge a group of people... and I don't feel comfortable judging.
2007-02-28 22:48:28 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The conservative evangelicals.
Far more concerned with authoritarianism, cxharisma, rules, and dogma than any real spirituality.
2007-02-28 22:30:47 · answer #6 · answered by Scott M 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Republicans who can't seem to separate there religion from our politics.
2007-02-28 22:29:40 · answer #7 · answered by buttercup 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
will pharoah. bad joke, I know
2007-02-28 22:28:28 · answer #8 · answered by Patrick the Carpathian, CaFO 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
idk...because
2007-02-28 22:28:09 · answer #9 · answered by Royal Racer Hell=Grave © 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋