The Way of Mercy, Integrity, and Humility | Gospel of Matthew

John Mark Comer Teachings

Practicing the Way

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 25 August 2023

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

How do we keep from becoming "pharisees"? In a time when deconstruction is the cultural tide we swim in and disillusionment with pastors is widespread and well-earned, how do we model the way of Jesus? John Mark looks at Jesus's critique of the pharisees in Matthew 23, and explores what it means for us: how we live our lives and relate to our leaders in the church.

Key Scripture Passage: Matthew 23

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0:00.0	Welcome to the John Mark Comer
0:03.0	Teachings Podcast by practicing the way.
0:05.0	This teaching was originally given
0:08.0	at Bridgetown Church in Portland, Oregon
0:10.0	as a part of the Gospel of Matthew Series. Matthew chapter 23, verse 1.
0:27.8	God, we open our heart
0:37.0	like soil that is thirsty for the rain and the seed and the sun.
0:45.0	We open to the spirit and the truth of Jesus.
0:48.4	Come spirit and come truth.
0:55.0	Let us bear fruit 30, 60, or even 100 fold. Matthew 23, then Jesus said to the crowds and to his apprentices,
1:02.0	The rabbis or the teachers of the Torah and the Pharisees
1:06.7	sit in Moses' seat. So you must be careful to do everything they tell you.
1:15.0	But do not do what they do,
1:19.0	for they do not practice what they preach. They tie up heavy, cumbersome loads and put them on other people's
1:28.5	shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to lift a finger to move them.
1:35.1	Everything they do is done for people to see.
1:38.8	They make their phylactories wide and the tassels on their garments long, they love the place of honor at banquets
1:46.1	and the most important seats at the synagogues.
1:49.7	They love to be greeted with respect in the marketplaces and to be called
1:54.0	called Rabbi by others, but you are not to be called Rabbi.
1:59.2	For you have one teacher, and you are all brothers.
2:03.0	I do not call anyone on earth father,
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