"The Pharisees Were So Arrogant as to Challenge Jesus 

Luke 7:36-50 describes an account of a woman who brought an alabaster flask of fragrant oil. She came into the room of a Pharisee where Jesus was invited and stood at His feet behind Him weeping. She began to wash His feet with her tears, and wiped them with the hair of her head, and she kissed His feet and anointed them with the fragrant oil. What did the Pharisee who had invited Him speak to himself when he saw this? He remained still as the sinful woman came and washed and touched His feet. The Pharisee said to himself, “This Man, if He were a prophet, would know who and what manner of woman this is who is touching Him, for she is a sinner.” As such, these Pharisees thought they were people who lived more righteous lives than Jesus. 

These Pharisees had their own precepts that they had inherited. They all lived according to their own precepts. They placed more importance on man’s precepts which they had inherited traditionally than the Word of God. They believed more in the words and thoughts of man taught to them by their elders or ancestors than the lessons from the Word of God. There are similar phenomena today. Christians nowadays trust more in the references 

to the passages of the Bible rather than God’s Word itself. They put more stock in the notes that are recorded below every page of the Bible. They believe 100% in the notes and lay more stress on them than they actually believe in the Word of the Bible. They don’t care what the Word of the Bible says. It is more important to them what is recorded in those notes. Many people today actually believe that way.

These Pharisees totally feigned being holy. So, Jesus said, “Beware of their leaven. Beware of their precepts. Truly beware of their teachings. You will also die if you accept them. Beware of their hypocrisy.” The Almighty God sees everything about them, even though they have hidden themselves. So, the Bible said, “For there is nothing covered that will not be revealed, nor hidden that will not be known. Therefore whatever you have spoken in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have spoken in the ear in inner rooms will be proclaimed on the housetops” (Luke 12:2-3).

That is true. Our Lord knows everything about us. He knows the sweet words of men whose lips are smooth as if they have put oil on them; He knows the thoughts and desires their hearts harbor; He knows what sins have been committed in secret; He knows what they believe in, and He knows every action they make in their lives as if looking at them with a microscope. 

He knows not only the Pharisees, but He knows all of us.

Is there anything hidden that will not be revealed before God? There is nothing that will not be found out, even if it was hidden. There are obviously sins in the hearts of the Pharisees. Such hypocrites appear to believe well on the outside, but what is inside? There are sins there. So, there is nothing hidden that will not be revealed before God."

Paul C Jong