Jesus' Condemnation of the Religious Leaders - Part 4

Jesus’ last public address:

First, the warning to the disciples and crowds, 1-12

Second, the denunciation of the scribes and Pharisees, 13-36

The scribes’ and Pharisees’ hypocrisy resulted in:

#1: False salvation, 13

How the scribes and Pharisees blocked the people from salvation:

A. By their doctrine

B. By their lives

C. By their hatred

#2: Heightened condemnation, 15

The evangelistic efforts of the scribes and Pharisees:

A. Their zeal for making converts

B. Their error in making converts

The false teaching of the Jehovah’s Witnesses:

1) Jesus is he first creation of God

2) Hell does not exist

3) Jesus was raised from the dead spiritually

4) Jesus was not conceived by the Holy Spirit

5) Salvation is by works

6) The Holy Spirit is not a Person but a force of God

The false teaching of the Mormons:

1) God is an exalted man

2) Man becomes God

3) Jesus was not conceived by the Holy Spirit

4) Salvation is by works

C. Their result in making converts

What Jesus said about hell:

What Jesus called hell:

Outer darkness

A furnace of fire

A place of perishing

A place of God’s wrath