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Better than a Pharisee• (Mat 5:20 NKJV) "For I say to you, that

unless your righteousness exceeds the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven.

The Self-Righteous Pharisee• (Luke 18:11-12 NKJV) "The Pharisee stood

and prayed thus with himself, 'God, I thank You that I am not like other men; extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax collector. {12} 'I fast twice a week; I give tithes of all that I possess.'

Wanting to be seen• (Mat 23:5 NKJV) "But all their works they do

to be seen by men. They make their phylacteries broad and enlarge the borders of their garments.

One Reward for One Deed• (Mat 6:1 NKJV) "Take heed that you do not

do your charitable deeds before men, to be seen by them. Otherwise you have no reward from your Father in heaven.

Matthew23:27-28 (NKJV)• "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees,

hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs which indeed appear beautiful outwardly, but inside are full of dead men's bones and all uncleanness. {28} "Even so you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.

Too Mechanical• (Mat 23:23 NKJV) "Woe to you, scribes and

Pharisees, hypocrites! For you pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faith. These you ought to have done, without leaving the others undone.

The other is not all important

• These you ought to have done, without leaving the others undone.

What about me?• (Luke 15:29-30 NKJV) "So he answered and

said to his father, 'Lo, these many years I have been serving you; I never transgressed your commandment at any time; and yet you never gave me a young goat, that I might make merry with my friends. {30} 'But as soon as this son of yours came, who has devoured your livelihood with harlots, you killed the fatted calf for him.'

God looks for the humble• (James 4:6 NKJV) But He gives more grace.

Therefore He says: "God resists the proud, But gives grace to the humble."

Obedience is Essential• (1 John 2:3-4 NKJV) Now by this we know

that we know Him, if we keep His commandments. {4} He who says, "I know Him," and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.

worship God in the Spirit• (Phil 3:3 NKJV) For we are the circumcision,

who worship God in the Spirit, rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh,

The Spirit & Understanding• (1 Cor 14:15 NKJV) What is the conclusion

then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will also pray with the understanding. I will sing with the spirit, and I will also sing with the understanding.

Worship in Spirit• (John 4:23-24 NKJV) "But the hour is coming,

and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him. {24} "God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth."

• Scripture quotations marked "NKJV™" are taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

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