Lesson Theme: Can Jesus Change A Pharisee?
In Matthew 21, the Pharisees demand to know by what authority Jesus operated. Jesus said He would tell them if they first answered by what authority John the Baptist baptized.
“Q: What would Jesus have answered the Pharisees if they had just picked one of the two options He presented them in his famous counter-question?”
Am I asking a question, or am I posing an answer?
The first defense of a Pharisee is to pick out hypocrisy in someone else. You see, as a pharisee, if you can trip someone else up in their own words, anything said prior by that person is now NULL and VOID to your conscience.
This lesson focuses on Nicodemus, and the impact Jesus had on his life when he came to Jesus with some of his own questions…
… and about the mercy of God that offers a way of redemption, even for us modern-day pharisees.
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“The baptism of John, whence was it? from heaven, or of men? And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say unto us, Why did ye not then believe him?” — Matthew 21:25
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