RE: Do Any Christians Actually Know Anything About the Sadducees and the Pharisees?
September 18, 2015 at 5:53 pm
(September 18, 2015 at 5:42 pm)Chad32 Wrote: As far as I know, they were people who followed the letter of the law, without following the spirit of the law. However there are a handful of stories about people getting killed for not doing exactly what they're told, so it seemed the pharisees were just trying to take the commandments as serious as those stories.
Some guy gets stoned to death for picking up sticks on the wrong day of the week. Lot's wife gets turned into salt for looking back. A guy gets killed for touching the ark of the covenant as it was about to fall off the wagon. Moses doesn't get into the promised land because he banged on a rock instead of just talking to it. The list probably goes on. Is it any wonder the religious leaders were so focused on obeying the exact letter of the law?
All of the stories emphasize the basic rule of believing and obeying without exception. If you don't comply you get slapped upside the head.
