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•1有法利赛人和几个文士从耶路撒冷来，到耶稣那里聚集。2他们曾看见他的门徒中有人用俗手，就是没有洗的手吃饭。（3原来法利赛人和犹太人都拘守古人的遗传，若不仔细洗手就不吃饭；4从市上来，若不洗浴也不吃饭；还有好些别的规矩，他们历代拘守，就是洗杯、罐、铜器等物。）5法利赛人和文士问他说：“你的门徒为什么不照古人的遗传，用俗手吃饭呢？”

福音书中有很多关于法利赛人的内容，今天的经文很好的说明了为什么要把他们放在福音书里。撒旦最喜欢的就是让我们“相信自己”。如果撒旦无法让我们像那些无神论者一样忽视上帝，那么他就会试图让我们认为自己足够好，可以成为自己的救主。事实上，法利赛人喜欢制定更多的规矩和条例，这样他们就可以更多地吹嘘自己的行为是多么符合律法，多么的公义圣洁。借着吹嘘他们的好行为，他们很轻易的就忘记了自己每天生活中所犯的罪。他们喜欢审判别人的行为。为什么?因为对别人的审判会让他们自己在人面前显得很好。在今天的经文里，他们抓住了机会，用责备的声音问耶稣，他的门徒为什么不照古人的遗传，洗手吃饭呢?

听起来是不是很熟悉?当然熟悉，因为我们的罪性，我们的老我，内心默认的设定就是相信我们自己。当我们急于对别人进行审判时，我们丑恶的假冒为善就暴露出来。我曾经看过这样一个故事，一位牧师乔装打扮成一个无家可归的人，去了他的教堂。没有人向他打招呼。没有人坐在他旁边。当牧师没有出现在讲台上时，人们变得有些紧张。十分钟后，牧师站起来，走到前面，脱下了化妆的衣服。

人们很容易论断审判某些类别的人，比如税吏和娼妓，但耶稣从来没有回避这样的人。他曾和税吏一起吃饭。他曾在撒玛利亚的井边向一个犯了奸淫的女人传福音。他曾触摸那些麻风病人。他甚至在深夜会见一个法利赛人，这个法利赛人害怕被人发现他和耶稣在一起。在我的罪性深处，我就是那些法利赛人。感谢神，因为耶稣也爱法利赛人。

祷告:亲爱的主啊，求你从我罪恶的心里除去那自以为义的想法，因为我常常认为自己的行为很好。不要让我论断审判我的邻舍，不要让我自以为挺不错的。我知道只有你能拯救我!阿们。

Mark 7:1-5: The Pharisees and some of the teachers of the law who had come from Jerusalem gathered around Jesus ² and saw some of his disciples eating food with hands that were defiled, that is, unwashed. ³ (The Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they give their hands a ceremonial washing, holding to the tradition of the elders. ⁴ When they come from the marketplace they do not eat unless they wash. And they observe many other traditions, such as the washing of cups, pitchers and kettles.) ⁵ So the Pharisees and teachers of the law asked Jesus, “Why don’t your disciples live according to the tradition of the elders instead of eating their food with defiled hands?” (NIV)

The gospels have a lot to say about the Pharisees, and for good reason. Satan would like nothing else than to have us “believe in ourselves.” If he can’t get us to ignore God like an atheist, then he will try to get us to think we are good enough to be our own Savior. In fact, the Pharisees loved to make up more rules and regulations so that they could boast even more about their “righteous” behavior. And by boasting about the good, they conveniently forgot about the sins in their lives every day. They loved to pass judgment on others. Why? Because passing judgment on others made them look good in their own eyes. With an accusing voice, they asked Jesus why his disciples didn’t do the washings that the traditions of the elders demanded.

Does that sound familiar? It should, because the default position of our sinful self is to believe in ourselves. Our hypocrisy reveals its ugly head when we are quick to pass judgment on others. I read a story of a pastor once who disguised himself, dressed up as a homeless man, and went to his church. No one greeted him. No one sat even close to him. People got nervous when the pastor wasn’t showing up at the altar. After ten minutes, the pastor rose and went to the front and took off his disguise.

Have you noticed that Jesus never avoided the same people we would be quick to judge? He ate with the tax collectors. He visited with an adulterous woman at the well in Samaria. He touched the lepers. He even met with a Pharisee late at night, a man who was afraid to be seen with Jesus. Thank God that Jesus loved the Pharisees, too, because deep down in my sinful nature, I am one of them.

Prayer: Dear Lord, remove from my sinful heart any thought that I am righteous because of what I have done or not done. Keep me from judging my neighbor and making myself look good in my own eyes. I know that you and you alone can save me! Amen.