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Essenes - ultra-charismatics
Pharisees - conservative fundamentalists
One of the greatest ironies of scripture is the rejection of Christ by the stewards of God
They do not capture the heart of God, but the form of God
Luke (parable of the prodigal son)
You can be lost out there, or lost in your own house
Luke 18:9-14
They made their tradition necessary for godliness
Matt 23:23
They thought godliness was about one's outward religious practices
1 Sam 9:2
2 Sam 14:25
It is scary when we begin to think that we have got it and that our position in Christ is more right than others
1 cor 10:11-13
Phil 3:4-11, 12-17
The good Pharisee is Paul
2 cor 11:30-31
12:7-10
Phil 1:21