by Will | Dec 17, 2017 | Scripture Meditations
Luke 11:47-51 (NIV) “Woe to you, because you build tombs for the prophets, and it was your forefathers who killed them. So you testify that you approve of what your forefathers did; they killed the prophets, and you build their tombs. Because of this, God in his...
by Will | Dec 17, 2017 | Scripture Meditations
Luke 11:45-46 (NIV) One of the experts in the law answered him, “Teacher, when you say these things, you insult us also.” Jesus replied, “And you experts in the law, woe to you, because you load people down with burdens they can hardly carry, and you...
by Will | Dec 14, 2017 | Scripture Meditations
Luke 11:44 (NIV) “Woe to you, because you are like unmarked graves, which men walk over without knowing it.” Of all the woes that Jesus pronounced over the Pharisees, this one struck the deepest. So far all of His condemnations focused on their deficiencies of...
by Will | Dec 13, 2017 | Scripture Meditations
Luke 11:43 (NIV) “Woe to you Pharisees, because you love the most important seats in the synagogues and greetings in the marketplaces.” One of the big problems that the Pharisees had is what is commonly called “mission drift.” To become a Pharisee was a process that...
by Will | Dec 13, 2017 | Scripture Meditations
Luke 11:42 (NIV) “Woe to you Pharisees, because you give God a tenth of your mint, rue and all other kinds of garden herbs, but you neglect justice and the love of God. You should have practiced the latter without leaving the former undone.” This statement of Jesus...
by Will | Dec 11, 2017 | Scripture Meditations
Luke 11:37-41 (NIV) When Jesus had finished speaking, a Pharisee invited him to eat with him; so he went in and reclined at the table. But the Pharisee, noticing that Jesus did not first wash before the meal, was surprised. Then the Lord said to him, “Now then,...
