Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, you make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.

– Matthew 23:15

Thoughts on Today’s Verse…

These are the words of the Lord Jesus that exposed and judged the chief priests, scribes, and Pharisees of the Jewish religious community in the Age of Grace. The Pharisees traveled over sea and land to seduce people proselyte and then people were deceived and controlled by them. When the Lord Jesus came to work, they followed the Pharisees to condemn the Lord Jesus, crucified the Lord Jesus on the cross, and finally they were punished by God and became the sons of hell. Not only did the Pharisees not bring people before God, they also blocked people from accepting Jesus. They were the antichrists who deceived people and resisted God.