What Were the Pharisees Doing Wrong?

Answered by Brother Michel Lankford It’s a critical question to answer, because Messiah makes a pretty incredible statement: As It Is Written: ““For I say to you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven. (Matthew 5:20 NASB95) Now let us ponder this for a moment. The scribes and Pharisees were the absolute trop religious authorities in Israel at the time. They were the most educated. They were the go-to guys. The were the elite Bible school Graduates. They were the top lawyers, legal, and biblical experts of the day Read more…

Why can saying the truth get you hated, slandered, or worse, killed?

Jesus explained the reason: Yahshua/Jesus (ישוע) the Messiah is the Way, the Truth and the Life, (John 14:6); which means that whenever people are resistant to the truth, they are in reality resisting Jesus Christ, whether they realize it or not; and whenever anyone is resistant to Jesus Christ, to His Standards, and resistant to His Words, they are not just resisting religion, they are resisting the truth, whether they realize it or not. As It Is Written: ““He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed Read more…

You Are the Salt of the Earth

By Brother Michel Lankford Matthew 5:13-16 “You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt has become tasteless, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled under foot by men. “You are[ the light of the world]. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden; nor does anyone light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on the lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house. “Let your light shine before men in such a way that they Read more…