The word Phariseemeans separatists At first they just wanted to keep Judaism pure but over time they grew to be divisive and arrogant They bound traditions that were not commanded by God and their hearts were hard And Jesus called them out on it It must be said holding to the truth even boldly so is not Phariseeism If we are not careful however we can let our religious fervor become like that of this group In Matthew 15 we see three traits of the Pharisees we must avoid
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