Not at all.
Got ya the first time; crystal clear!
Uh huh. And? Jesus did not criticize their religion. Jesus criticized them, calling them hypocrites.
The Pharisees did not believe in a false religion.
The Pharisees believed in the word of God.
They simply did not;
1) believe Jesus was the Word of God in the flesh ; their Messiah.
2) also did not "do" as they preached.
Thus Jesus said they were hypocrites.
And Jesus said their insides were full of dead mans bones.
Nothing in scripture says they believed in a false religion.
The Pharisees and Sadducees both were criticized by Jesus, for particular things, neither of which was for "not" believing in the Heavenly God Almighty, because they both did believe in God.
And to note; Joseph of Arimathaea; was a Sadducee, AND a follower of Jesus, AND it was Joseph's unused burial cave, prepared for a Priest (Joseph), in which Joseph begged for Jesus' dead body hanging on the cross, and took Jesus' body to his (Joseph) burial cave to bury him (Jesus).
God Bless,
SBC
This is simply not true.
The pharisees had traditions that undid the Word of God;
On top of the fact that they disobeyed God's Word.
Mat 15:1 "Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying,
Mat 15:2 Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.
Mat 15:3 But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?
Mat 15:4 For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.
Mat 15:5 But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;
Mat 15:6 And honour not his father or his mother, he shall be free.
Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition.
Mat 15:7 Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying,
Mat 15:8 This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.
Mat 15:9 But
in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men."
(Matthew 15:1-9).
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