Wow, that’s like a weeks worth of great sermons rolled into one quick lesson for Bible study! Thanks for the extensive post.
Thanks. I have a lot of time at shipping and receiving locations, when waiting for an assigned load pickup or delivery. Or at truckstops, when I can study. I keep it simple on the road: no tv (not at home either), no internet, no smart phone. Just do my job, or rest, or study.
This time of year I work more local, trucking on construction jobs. Home nearly every night, but usually so late, it’s eat, shower, off to bed.
What people need to realize, is that the ‘spirits’ of scribes and Pharisees didn’t get left behind when the Lord began his church. They moved in, wanting their positions of authority there. Even being the assumed ‘preservers’ of the scriptures. The result is unspiritual teachings (but accepted by the people, since ‘those guys as so smart’), which the Lord, and the apostles, warned of. Paul warning of it as a present danger in his day.
So was THIS one!!!