Subj : Today's Thought
To   : Newborn
From : George Pope
Date : Thu Oct 06 2005 16:38:00

N>    Jesus was a Pharisee?   What is your evidence for that?  The word 'Pharis
N>    means 'seperate', and describes a group of legalistic leaders who zealous
N>    kept the law in its smallest detail.  The Pharisees formed a self-righteo
N>    self-denying Jewish sect that was very vindictive of those who didn't tea
N>    the Law.

Because Jesus taught the same teachings as the Parushim (who later became the
rabbinate); think of the term "pharisee" as "rabbi" and you'll see that they
were the "Orthodox"(ie. the only kind then) and JC began the concept of
reformation.

N>    Jesus never belonged to this sect, and therefore could never have been a
N>    of it.  He condemned their traditions and disputed their interpretation
N>    of the Law.  In fact the Pharisees were His mortal enemies who led the

He had to have belonged to it to have received the oral teachings OF the group.

His manner of addressing them ("you vipers..." was quite common among the
differing opinion Pharisees. . .

N>    drive to have Him exectued.  Jesus FULFILLED the Law with His Crucifixtio
N>    and Resurrection and IS the one who can meet the qualifications for being
N>    our Savior.

Which law did he fulfill?
The one that specifically states that no man can die for another's sins?
Or the one that says that EVERYBODY can receive forgiveness by praying DIRECTLY
to God?

N>    You say that Jesus was a Pharaisees then how do you explain His breaking
N>    of the so many dictates of the Pharaisees (i.e.  Healing on the Sabbath,
N>    associating with the 'unwashed' and 'Publicans', touching the Leperous,
N>    performing miracles as God, etc.)

He interpreted the dictates differently, per older teachings, as the
Conservative rabbis do today.

N>    Besides to be a Pharaisee one had to be married according to Jewish
N>    tradition (i.e. Paul).

But Paul wasn't married & made a pointof saying he never would be.

And there's been some debate as to whether Jesus was married or not. . .

Because I care,
|<+]::-)  (Cyberpope(the Bishop of ROM!))


.... nfx v3.1 I'll have a steak sandwich...a porterhouse btwn 2 ribeyes!      

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