Is it weird to anyone else that the Pharisees wanted to kill Jesus? Think about that for a second. Then, the only reason they didn't was because they were afraid of the people? The people, whom the religious leaders were there to serve, could see it and they couldn't. The people's lives were better because of Jesus, and the Pharisees were so focused on themselves that they didn't care.
Two points! One, don't be like the Pharisees. I can get caught up in who gets the credit and how liked I am. I can also definitely get caught up in what I want to do and how things are affecting me. Those are things Jesus specifically said to watch out for. Which leads to point number two.
There are Pharisees out there today. And we may work with them or live with them. They may even want us dead. (Although it's more likely that they just say or do mean things to us.). However, our lives should be spent on the people. In a school, that's the children. On a campus, that's the students. In government, that's the citizens. In a family, that's the kids. We have been sent to make a difference in the lives of the people we've been put "in charge" of. Theirs are the opinions we should be worried about.
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