Pharisee Failure live from NWA 26 (Matthew 23)

But this is in the context of all the woes to the scribes and Pharisees.

So we're just going to let Jesus just put them on blast, which that's kind of fun anyway.

But the first thing to say about call no man father is that's why Scott named his book Being Dad and not Being Father because he's a biblical guy.

He wasn't going to name a book Being Father.

I'm a biblicalist through and through.

Yeah.

So, okay.

So we're going to start with, this is towards the end of Matthew's gospel.

I think one of the important things to remember in Matthew 23 is Jesus is at the point now of trying to get himself murdered.

Right.

That's right.

Yeah.

You're close enough to the end here.

Yes.

You're nearing the end.

So Jesus is not filtering anything anymore.

He's not vanishing in crowds or anything.

Now he's really laying in the wood and is interested in actually... revealing what's really been in these guys' heart the whole time, which is to kill him, and he's going to go after him and give him kind of no choice.

Well, the choice is repent or murder this guy.

That's the choice he's going to leave him with.

So in Matthew 23, it says this, and then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples, so he is not just saying this to them, but he's saying this about them in front of them to other people, which they really don't like.

The scribes and Pharisees sit on Moses' seat.

He says, But you are not to be called rabbi, for you have one teacher, and you are all brothers.

And call no man your father on earth, for you have one father who is in heaven.

Neither be called instructors, for you have one instructor, the Christ.