Learning from the Pharisees

Jesus lamented over the Pharisees, because they:
Lesson 1: Only obeyed when it ______ ________ (Luke 11:42 cf. Lev 27:30; 1 Sam 15:9; 2 Sam 24:20-24).
Lesson 2: ______________ on the ____________ (Matt 23:23-24; Luke 6:1-4, 14:1-5, Rom 13:10; Gal 5:14).
Lesson 3: Were -______ (Luke 11:43).

Family Guide:
Memory Verses: Luke 11:42

Day 1: Read Luke 11:42, 1 Sam 15:9, 2 Sam 24:20-24 and discuss: Why were the tedious, external things of the Law easy for the Pharisees to keep? How did Saul demonstrate obedience in the easy things but disobedience in the hard things? How is our obedience affected by what we value? Why did David refuse to offer what cost him nothing? How is a costly sacrifice (external) tied to our hearts (internal)?

Day 2: Read Matt 23:23, Luke 14:1-3, Luke 11:43 and discuss: What are the horizontal and vertical relationships the Pharisees were to have relating to the weightier matters of the Law? How can we be like the Pharisees in our presentation outwardly in social media and even in church? How does majoring on the minor's cause our view of people to differ from God's view of people?

Day 3: Read Luke 11:44, Matt 23:27, Num 19:16 Gal 5:19-23 and discuss: How was being labeled an unmarked tomb a rebuke to the Pharisees? How can outward religiosity and performance mask the negative influence we can have on others? What are the spiritual evidences that we are having influence or being influenced positively or negatively?