In this video, Dr. Michael Reeves explores how Pharisaism manifests in our hearts through our tendency to seek the approval of men over the glory of God, leading us away from true freedom in Christ.
The Pharisees thought their problem was small and therefore they didn’t need much of a solution. And all those problems actually stem from one master problem, which is, as John put it, they loved the glory of men more than the glory of God. And that is Pharisaism in a nutshell. And do we not see so much of that? Do we not detect it in ourselves—this lusting after the glory of men, their approval, how they will praise us? But we’ll be freed from that Pharisaism when the glory of God is greater to us so that we love the glory of God more than the glory of men.