The Religious of The Day

All is plainly stated, no acceptance required merely begin your argument.RULE 1. MUST be Christian as No one ELSE can discuss OF Christianity From the Pharisaical standpoint save professed Christians! Debate topic requires a better than average awareness of the Gospels.RULE 2. MUST be slightly above average ... Meaning MUST KNOW SCRIPTURES!This alone should eliminate the majority of the professing christians on this Board (the use of the lower case is intentional, to give shame where it is deserved).This is stated with regard to the numerous discussions with professing believers who have blatantly disregarded and even scoffed about LEARNING the Word of God! To all others, the new Christians, the competent etc ... you of course are excluded from this rebuke! Definition of a Pharisee- The name Pharisee in its Hebrew form means separatists, or the separated ones. They were also known as chasidim, which means loyal to God, or loved of God- extremely ironic in view of the fact that by His time, they made themselves the most bitter, and deadly opponents of Jesus Christ and His message. In the days Jesus walked upon the earth, there were the religious of the day ...What about today? Does this still exist Today? If so how is it manifest? As in the days of Christ there was an abundance of idolotry, as Paul noted in Greece (Acts 17:16 to Acts 18:23)WHILE PAUL WAITED in Athens for his companions, Silas and Timothy, he walked about the street and saw many idols standing here and there. he saw that the people of this city worshipped many gods. They had even built an alter to the unknown God.But is Pharisaism of the day alive and well in our time? Absolutely!Those having not considered this, have made the answer easier for the REST of us! THEY are in all likelihood The Religious of Today! But what does that look like? I contend that it is even worse in the population of today! What is the evidence, what does it show in comparison to in Christ time?The Religious of Christ day were:1.Aware of the Scriptures of God!2.Knew the Scriptures!3.Tithed!4.Believed whatever they were told by the Speaker at Synagogue!5.Interpreted the Scripture themselves! Beliefs were those of the Speakers! 6.Worried over Societies Problems!7.Worried over their own problems!8.Didn't believe God was in Control!9.Didn't wait upon God!10.Didn't trust God!11.Determined Right or Wrong based on Rules interpreted by Men!How do WE stand up to those peoples?1.Unaware of the Importance of the Scriptures of God!2.Are not interested in knowing the Scriptures themselves!3.Don't tithe!4.Believe whatever they are told by the Speakers of Church- Denominations5.Interpret the Scripture for themselves! Using commentaries, Scholars opinions, Theologian Opinions etc... 6.Worried over Societies problems!7.Worried over their OWN problems!8.They don't believe God IS in Control!9.They don't WAIT upon God!10.They don't Trust God! Consistently making all DECISIONS FOR THEMSELVES!11.They determine right or wrong based on Their own personal views!Though I could express opinions, I prefer and am obligated to present Gods Holy Word on the issue, as the sheer massiveness of the beliefs formed in the persons of the Denominations reveal what CAN happen when people are left to their OWN imaginations! The responses for EACH number, coincides with their respective numbers above! Let us begin by reminding ourselves.... O, what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive! Walter ScottIt would appear we have succeeded only in deceiving ourselves! 1. Isaiah 45:5-65"I am the LORD, and there is no other; Besides Me there is no God. I will gird you, though you have not known Me; 6That men may know from the rising to the setting of the sun That there is no one besides Me. I am the LORD, and there is no other,2. 2 Timothy 2:15Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth.James 1:18He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we would be a kind of firstfruits of His creation.The Scandal of Biblical Illiteracy: It's Our Problemhttps://albertmohler.com...The Epidemic of Bible Illiteracy in Our Churcheshttp://www.christianitytoday.com...A Famine Of Bible Knowledgehttp://magazine.biola.edu...The Church's Secret: Biblical Illiteracy in the 21st Centuryhttps://tifwe.org...Biblical Illiteracy in US at Crisis Point, Says Bible Experthttps://www.christianpost.com...3. Malachi 3:1010 Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this, says the Lord Almighty, "and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that there will not be room enough to store it. Malachi 3:8"Will a mere mortal rob God? Yet you rob me. "But you ask, 'How are we robbing you?' "In tithes and offerings.Matthew 1724After they had arrived in Capernaum, the collectors of the two-drachma tax came to Peter and asked, "Does your Teacher pay the two drachmas?25 he answered.When Peter entered the house, Jesus preempted him. "What do you think, Simon? He asked. "From whom do the kings of the earth collect customs and taxes: from their own sons, or from others?26 "From others, Peter answered."Then the sons are exempt, Jesus declared. 27 "But so that we may not offend them, go to the sea, cast a hook, and take the first fish you catch. When you open its mouth, you will find a four-drachma coin.b Take it and give it to them for you and Me. 4. Isaiah 55:8"For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways," declares the LORD.1 Corinthians 7:22For the one who was a slave when called to faith in the Lord is the Lord's freed person; similarly, the one who was free when called is Christ's slave.Romans 6:22But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the benefit you reap leads to holiness, and the result is eternal life.Romans 7:4Therefore, my brothers, you also died to the Law through the body of Christ, that you might belong to another, to Him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit to God.1 Corinthians 6:19-20 19Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; 20you were bought at a price. Therefore glorify God with your body.5. 2 Peter 120 Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture came about by the prophet's own interpretation of things. 21 For prophecy never had its origin in the human will, but prophets, though human, spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit. 2 Timothy 3:16All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for instruction, for conviction, for correction, and for training in righteousness,Romans 15:4For everything that was written in the past was written for our instruction, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures, we might have hope.6. Romans 12:2Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is--his good, pleasing and perfect will. Colossians 3:1-3 Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. 2 Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. 3 For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. Philippians 3:19 19 Their destiny is destruction, their god is their stomach, and their glory is in their shame. Their mind is set on earthly things. 20 But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, 7. Matthew 6:25 25 “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? Phillipians 4:6 6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 1 Peter 5:7 7 Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you. 8. Proverbs 3:5-6 5 Trust in the Lord with all your heartand lean not on your own understanding; 6 in all your ways submit to him,and he will make your paths straight. Psalm 37:3 Trust in the Lord and do good;dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture. Proverbs 22:19 So that your trust may be in the Lord, I teach you today, even you. 9. Luke 19:1 Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up. 2 Corinthians 4:1 Therefore, since through God’s mercy we have this ministry, we do not lose heart. Hebrews 12:3 3 Consider him who endured such opposition from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart. Proverbs 24:10 10 If you falter in a time of trouble,how small is your strength! Isaiah 40:31 but those who hope in the Lordwill renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles;they will run and not grow weary,they will walk and not be faint. 10. Inclusiv #7,8,and 9 11. 1 Corinthians 6:2 Or do you not know that the Lord’s people will judge the world? And if you are to judge the world, are you not competent to judge trivial cases?3 Do you not know that we will judge angels? How much more the things of this life! Psalms 49:14 They are like sheep and are destined to die;death will be their shepherd(but the upright will prevail over them in the morning).Their forms will decay in the grave,far from their princely mansions. 15 But God will redeem me from the realm of the dead; he will surely take me to himself. Psalm 25:12 Who, then, are those who fear the Lord? He will instruct them in the ways they should choose.