Welcome To

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Welcome To Sunday School Class

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Something To Think About
There were three groups (or sects) of people
among the Jews during the time of Jesus
Pharisees, Sadducees, and the Essenes. The group
in prominence in todays lessonand the group
that gave the Lord the most troublewas the
Pharisees, the most influential of the three
sects.
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The Gospel Of Mark

• John Mark, the son of a believer named Mary and
  nephew of Barnabas, wrote the gospel of Mark

In todays lesson we will study about The
Pharisees, who were the separated ones and were
very strict in keeping not only the written law,
but the oral tradition as well.
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Making Mountains Out of Molehills Mark Chapter 2
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Lesson Objectives

• To detect the resentment of the Pharisees
• To recognize the error of the teachings of the
  Pharisees
• To evaluate our own Pharisaical tendencies

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KEY VERSE Mark 222And no man putteth new
wine into old bottles else the new wine doth
burst the bottles, and the wine is spilled, and
the bottles will be marred but new wine must be
put into new bottles.
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FAILURES IN FASTING Mark 218-22 The
Disciples of Christ Were Different (18) John
135-37 Matthew 616 Rigidity Exposed
(19-22) Matthew 616-18
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• Are we truly worshiping God, or just practicing
  the same old forms and rituals?
• The religionists of Jesus day were steeped in
  their rigid observances.

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• HARPING ABOUT HARVESTING
• Mark 223-28
• The Disciples Accused of Lawbreaking
• (23, 24)
• Deuteronomy 2325
• Jesus Illustrates the Spirit of the Law (25-28)
• 1 Samuel 211-6 Exodus 2523-30 Leviticus
  245-9

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• What is proper use of the Lords Day for us
  today?
• Certainly it should be a day of worship!
• Hebrews 1025
• Proper use of the Lords Day could be a dramatic
• testimony to an unbelieving world of our
  allegiance to the Lord

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• SET-UP ON THE SABBATH
• Mark 31-6
• Scrutiny for the Savior (1, 2)
• Luke 67 Luke 141 Luke 2020
• Indifference to Needs (3-6)
• Matthew 274 Luke 1839

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But, we must not forget that being a Christian
involves much more than daily rituals. It
involves a close personal relationship with God.
The Pharisees missed out on all of those
things. There are in every community and
every church, watch dogs, who feel called upon to
keep their eyes on others and growl. T.
DeWitt Talmadge

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• QUESTIONS FOR STUDY AND DISCUSSION
• Exactly who were the Pharisees? How did they come
  to have the ideas they held about the Law of God?
• 2. In what ways did Jesus deliberately contradict
  the teachings of the Pharisees in this lesson?
• 3. What is the danger in applying our own
  traditions and presuppositions to the
  interpretation of Scripture?

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• How are we to maintain moral and spiritual
  standards that are biblical and yet avoid the
  error of the Pharisees?
• How could the Pharisees have responded
  differently to the teachings of Jesus?

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May God Bless You For Coming To Sunday School
This Morning!

• Bring Someone With You To Bible Study On
  Wednesday Night!

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Acknowledgements

• Applications taken from Bible Teacher Bible
  Studies for AdultsSpring 2008 Edition
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• Presentation Compiled For Randall House By Earl
  Scroggins