Modern-Day Pharisees
I ran into one yesterday on twitter
There was a man asking for answers about the End Times
I suggested he pray and ask the Holy Spirit to lead him into the truth
Howbeit when He, the Spirit of truth, is come,
He will guide you into all truth: for He shall not speak of Himself;
but whatsoever He shall hear, that shall He speak:
and He will shew you things to come. John 16:13
A Pharisee stepped into the conversation
He had all the answers
He rebuked me for telling the man not to seek answers from a human
I never told the man not to listen to him
I just suggested the man seek the Lord for his answers rather than men
But the anointing which ye have received of Him abideth in you,
and ye need not that any man teach you:
but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth,
and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in Him. 1 John 2:27
The Pharisee told me that he had sound doctrine
and that the man should listen to him
I told him that the bible does not say we should follow men
Jesus said, Take up your cross and follow Me
Once we start following men, we can end up in error
That is not to say we cannot listen to their teaching
Following humans is different than listening to teaching
If we follow Christ, we check with Him on any teaching we hear,
measure it against the word,
make sure it is true according to the Holy Bible
The Pharisee blocked me
Ask me if I care
He did not want to hear what I had to say
The only thing I said was follow Christ, not any man
The sad thing is, the man who was asking questions
decided to follow the man
We don’t know what he’ll do tomorrow, but that is what he did yesterday
Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after Me,
let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me. Matthew 16:24