Pride of the Pharisees can be seen in our day too!!!

Matthew 23:3-5 "…3So practice and observe everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach. 4 They tie up heavy, burdensome loads and lay them on men’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to lift a finger to move them. 5 All their deeds are done for men to see. They broaden their phylacteries and lengthen their tassels.…"

Luke 11:42-44 "…42 Woe to you Pharisees! You pay tithes of mint, rue, and every herb, but you disregard justice and the love of God. You should have practiced the latter without neglecting the former. 43 Woe to you Pharisees! You love the chief seats in the synagogues and the greetings in the marketplaces. 44 Woe to you! For you are like unmarked graves, which men walk over without even noticing.”…"

Mark 12:38

"In His teachings, Jesus also said, "Watch out for the scribes. They like to walk around in long robes, to receive greetings in the marketplaces,"

Many "Calvinist" spout their allegiance to Calvin as though to impress others with their knowledge of him. Calvin is nothing, Christ is everything.

1 Corinthians 3:3-5 "…3 for you are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and dissension among you, are you not worldly? Are you not walking in the way of man? 4 For when one of you says, “I follow Paul,” and another, “I follow Apollos,” are you not mere men? 5 What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? They are servants through whom you believed, as the Lord has assigned to each his role.…"

Worldly people "name-drop" to appear superior, to develop a persona that they think people will admire, and yet a godly Christian will not be impressed with this, it is nothing, even worse than nothing because it detracts from Christ.

Remember not to follow a man on any level, follow only Christ.

False Doctrines Abound in this time of Apostasy

Once a man has been convinced of false doctrines such as Calvinism, Lutherism, Reformation, and other grave errors it is nearly impossible to convince them of the Biblical truth.

Christians need to stop placing their trust in dead men and unbiblical ideas brought by those dead men and begin to ask Christ for the truth.

We are to believe Christ and His Word, not manmade religion based on ideas added to the scriptures to make them sound Biblical.

Calvinism is a religion based on the teachings of Calvin, not the Bible.

Lutherism is a religion based on the teachings of Luther not on the Bible.

Catholicism is a religion based on the teachings of the Popes not on the Bible.

If you find yourself unable to mention a man when speaking of God then you have an idol in your heart.

Colossians 2:8

"See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ."

John 14:6

"Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."

God never said Calvin is the way, Luther is the way or any other man was the way to salvation, It is only Christ, so quote Him and not the popular icons of our age who love to feel self-elevated by cozying up to someone famous. Pride is involved in this mess of man-made religion.

Micah 6:8

"He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?"

2 Timothy 2:15

"Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

Do not be impressed when someone "name-drops" a dead person to elevate themselves, simply say something like; "I follow Christ only."