(Matthew 23: 15-22)


Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.  Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor!  Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold?  And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever sweareth by the gift that is upon it, he is guilty.  Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift? Whoso therefore shall swear by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon.  And whoso shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein.  And he that shall swear by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon.(Matthew 23: 15-22)

 
When God makes man a slave, there are standards that God chooses. God tells the chosen servant to preach the word, and the servant who received the word can preach it as it is. Who is the real servant of God? It means that if a person does not properly communicate the word of God, he is not the servant of the Lord. Those who do not preach the Word of God are saying themselves wrong.

Such a person is like a blind man leading a blind man into a pit. Blind people are those who do not know or see the kingdom of God. When Jesus came into the world, Isaiah 42: 7 expressed it.『To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house. 』 It means that everyone in the world is blind to the kingdom of God. It's a blind man because he was kicked out of the kingdom of God. They became blind because their relationship with God was cut off.

There was a man in the world who was not blind. Jesus Christ. All human beings are blind, but if they want to go to the kingdom of God, they must meet and hold someone who is not blind. So, Jesus Christ is the way and the life. In John 9, a blind man from birth, opened his eyes with Jesus' power, and met Jesus. Not only physical eyes but also spiritual eyes opened to meet Jesus. Jesus opened his eyes directly from spiritual blindness. In John 9:33『If this man were not of God, he could do nothing. 』 Jesus said to the Pharisees.『 woe unto you 』, Jesus said, "Pharisees and scribes are blind." because they did not know Jesus. The scribes were the ones who wrote about the Old Testament (the law). The Pharisees were masters of the law and lived in strict observance of the law, and they were representative leaders of Israel. But these people did not know Jesus.『 scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in 』 Jesus called them blind because they were under the law.

God gave the law to sinners and gave it to the blind. As the saying, “The law is an elementary teacher that leads to Christ,” God gave the law to meet Christ through the law, but the law scholars were blind to the kingdom of God because they did not know Jesus Christ. In John 5: 39-40『Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.』, 『 When they realize the word of God (Old Testament), they have to come to Christ, but they don't come, "Jesus said. This statement is identical to the expression, "The law is an elementary teacher that leads to Christ."

Why can't they meet Christ through the law? In 2 Corinthians 3: 14-16, the towels are covered on their faces, which means that their hearts are so strong that they do not realize Christ. If people do not find Christ in the law, the towel is covered. When they read the Old Testament (the law), they do not know the meaning of it at all and read it.

God says: You are blind to "a man who is reading without knowing the true meaning of the Old Testament law." It is a blind man who selflessly speaks of those who have never met Christ through the law, "no experience, no fulfillment." Today, those who say, "I believe in Jesus Christ" and say "You must obey the law well" .  They are "the ones who speak silently without experience and without achievement." In order to have testimony and fulfillment, they have to preach only Jesus Christ.

In Galatians 5:1『Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.』 In Romans 8: 1-2『There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death. 』

 

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