Vintage Faith Community

Once again Jesus and his actions are utterly shocking. Jesus enters the heart of the religious establishment of his day and proclaims, "you will die in your sin!" The people Jesus was confronting were the hard working, devoted, faithful bible teachers of their day. Externally it would appear that the Pharisees were doing a good job and following the rules correctly. But they (we) fail to understand that our primary problem is not the gaps in our performance. Instead the entire performance is the problem. Our entire life is centered around making ourselves righteous. We think if we work hard then Jesus HAS to bless us. In the end we are our own savior and Jesus is our tool to fill in the gaps of our poor performance. This entire endeavor needs to be repented of because of the crooked motive with which is was implemented. Then Jesus tells us that the only way to be righteous is to believe Jesus will accomplish it for us.