After giving his discourse on the beatitudes, Jesus made the following statement in Matthew 5:20,
For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.
That must’ve shocked his listeners because the Pharisees were herald as the epitome of righteousness. But we today view the Pharisees as the people the Lord Jesus scolded the most because of their hypocritical attitudes. We don’t truly understand why they were so zealous for their traditions and the law of Moses. In the lecture below, the late DR RC Sproul will give us the origin of the Pharisees, the purpose behind their rigorous religious activities in order to help us understand why Jesus made the Matthew 5:20 statement, see video below
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PS:All the videos series from RC Sproul added to the website have been thoroughly listened to by myself. And I highly recommend them to anyone looking to deepen his/her faith in Christ. We live in the age of relativism and now more than ever understanding what we believe, and why believe what believe is not optional.
My name is Tayib Salami and I started Tayibs.com for the sole purpose of exploring difficult questions about the Christian faith that most of us shy away from. In 2017, I entered a very dark time in my life and it’s only by the grace of the Living God that I’m still alive today. It led me to really go deeper in my faith and consider a myriad of questions that I never thought about asking myself or others before. Welcome and enjoy the ride with me.