Lord's Day Sermon
October 17, 2021
The Spiritual Peril of Bad Leaders
Sermon Details
Read passage (ESV) — Matthew 23:25-28
25 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and the plate, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence. 26 You blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and the plate, that the outside also may be clean.
27 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but within are full of dead people's bones and all uncleanness. 28 So you also outwardly appear righteous to others, but within you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.
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Matthew 23:25 : For ver. 25-28, [ch. 15:11-20] Matthew 23:25 : Luke 11:39, 40 Matthew 23:25 : Mark 7:4 Matthew 23:25 : Luke 16:14; 20:47 Matthew 23:26 : [See ver. 25 above]; Mark 7:4 Matthew 23:27 : Luke 11:44 Matthew 23:27 : [Acts 23:3] Matthew 23:27 : Eph. 5:3; [Num. 19:16; 2 Kgs. 23:16] Matthew 23:28 : ver. 5 Matthew 23:28 : Luke 12:1Outline
- Judgment Because They Hindered People from Entering the Kingdom of God (13-15) A. Barred Access to Salvation (13) B. Made Misguided and Fanatic Converts (15)
- Judgment Because They Were Concerned About Superficial Details Before Basic Truths of Devotion and Ethics (16-24) A. Promoted Artificial Religious Rules (16-22) B. Practiced an Unbalanced Piety and Emphasized Wrong Priorities (23-24)
- Judgment Because They Focused on _____________________ Rather Than the __________________ (25-28) A. Fifth Woe: Lived in External ____________ to the Exclusion of _____________ Purity (25-26) B. Sixth Woe: Looked Good on the _____________ But Were Spiritually ______________ on the _____________ (27-28) 10/24/2021 Pastor Michael Mang Title: “The Spiritual Peril of Bad Leaders” (Part 3) Text: Matthew 23:25-28 Theme: Looking good on the outside is wonderful when the substance of truth and love back it up. But when the heart is spiritually dead, appearing righteous on the outside is a sham. God alone knows the heart, and His judgment rests not only upon leaders who put up a front, but He also stands against any who would dare to make lofty spiritual claims apart from a true and genuine faith in Christ. 9 C o n f e s s i o n o f S i n Personal Confession This time of silence is provided for private, personal confession. A s s u r a n c e o f P a r d o n Because of the LORD’s great love, we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. I say to myself, “The LORD is my portion; therefore I will wait for him.” The LORD is good to those whose hope is in him, to the one who seeks him; it is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD. — Lamentations 3:22-26 (NIV, 1984) O God of unsearchable greatness, before You [we are] nothing but vanity, iniquity, perishing. Sin has forfeited Your favor, [marred in us] Your image, banished [us] from Your presence, exposed [us] to the curse of Your law. [We] cannot deliver [ourselves], and [are] in despair. But a resource is found in You, for You did devise an everlasting plan in Christ. May His shed blood make [us]: more thankful for Your mercies, more humble under Your correction, more zealous in Your service, more watchful against temptation, more contented in [our] circumstances, and more useful to others. Amen. Excerpt from The Valley of Vision, ed. by Arthur Bennett; Banner of Truth. 8 more about your eternal future. You can find their