Posted by kiddo on July 18, 2002, at 11:12:31
In reply to The rightiousness needed to enter the Kingdom » kiddo, posted by Lou Pilder on July 4, 2002, at 11:01:04
> Kiddo,
> Thank you for your interest in the rightiousness needed to enter the Kingdom of Heaven.
> While I was on the Road, one asked the Rider about what degree of rightiousness is needed to enter the Kingdom of Heaven. The Rider said to me, " Unless your rightiousness exceeds the the rightiousness of the scribes and Pharisees, you will by no means enter the Kingdom of Heaven."
> Now the scribes and Pharisees were the most rightious people of Israel. They were the chief Rabbis. They obeyed the Law to the letter.
> So that means that I was eliminated from that group, for I have broken the commandments of God. Yes, there will be few, if ANY , in that group, for you had to EXCEED their rightiousness in order to enter the Kingdom.
> Lou
The scribes and Pharisees said but they did not, they said, and preached, but they didn't live it. They said that Jesus cast out devils by the Beelzebub, the prince of the devils. These people were NOT the most righteous in all of Israel. They were hypocrites.
Kiddo
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