2009-09-18T13:41:21-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/scribes/ http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%205:20&version=KJV 2009-09-18T13:41:21-05:00 Entering the kingdom of God requires holiness--but not even the "holiest" people in the world, the religious teachers and scribes of Jesus' day--were holy enough to earn eternal life. Nobody can achieve that level of holiness on their own; we need Jesus Christ. http://sermonindex.net/modules/articles/index.php?view=article&aid=844 2008-01-08T16:47:39-05:00 "Woe, to you, hypocrites!" This cry resounds seven times in Jesus' address to the scribes and Pharisees. "So you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but within you are full of hypocrisy and iniquity!" (Matt. 23: 28). The same is true of us Christians today. It often happens that...