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Pharisees bind heavy burdens on others - Are you a Pharisee? Characteristic 19

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Pharisees bind heavy burdens on others

Pharisees bind heavy burdens on others
“They tie up heavy burdens and lay them on men’s shoulders, but they themselves are unwilling to move themwith so much as a finger” (Matt.23:4).

Pharisees try to appear spiritual by preaching high standards for others to follow but do not follow those standards themselves.

There are people who urge others to give 10% of their money to God, who do not give 10% of their own gross income. They are hypocritical Pharisees. The Christian world is full of Pharisaical preachers who place impossible standards before others that they do not live up to themselves. These are the preachers who build Babylon and who destroy the work of God. They use God’s Word to burden people instead of blessing them.

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I love the Message translation of Matthew 23:4 that reads: “Instead of giving you God’s Word as food and drink by which you can banquet on God, they package it in bundles of rules, loading you down like pack animals.They take pleasure in watching you stagger under these loads, and wouldn’t think of lifting a finger to help.”

Such preachers treat God’s children like pack mules who are to carry heavy loads. The same message from the Bible can be preached in two ways – as a burden or as a blessing. It all depends on the preacher.

It is because of Pharisaical preachers that many young people are fed up of attending church meetings. Jesus preached from the same Old Testament that the Pharisees preached from. But He liberated people with thoseScriptures, whereas the Pharisees bound them with greater chains with the same Scriptures. The same thing happens when Pharisees preach today.

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