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NASB | Matthew 5:20 ¶ "For I say to you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 5:20 ¶ "For I say to you that unless your righteousness (uprightness, moral essence) is more than that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. |
Bible Question:
Why were the Scribes and Pharisee like they were, why were they such Hippocrates? Matthew 23:25 |
Bible Answer: The reason they were hippocrites in my opinion is this: where you treasure is their your heart will also be. Their hearts were obviously very far from God. That is because they did not treasure Him. They only used Him as a way manipulate people and get power. Their whole reason for being as they were was because they were prideful, the pride forced them to believe that they deserved this kind of attention and power. Hippocrites for the fact that they kept other people from entering the narrow gate (from gross misrepresentation of the law) and yet did not enter themselves as stated by Jesus. Pride is the key "demon" here. This is the beginning of all sin. It is not the one we want to mess with. Think of the glory that Lucifer once reflected and that one sin caused the fall of one third of the angels. Pride is also a heart hardening agent (we see this in Pharaoh). This simply means that when the Spirit of Truth speaks you simply ignore and insist that your way is best. A prolonged mentality of this fashion makes you unable to here the voice of God and you can no longer realize heavenly truth without repentance. david |