Dear Doves,

The pharisees were the synagogue of satan...they really followed their father the devil, and not God.  They were hypocrites *pretending* to follow God.

http://www.cogwriter.com/pharisee.htm

How Did the Pharisees Violate the Ten Commandments?

Jesus indicated that the Pharisees did not even keep the law,

"Did not Moses give you the law, yet none of you keeps the law? Why do you seek to kill Me?...and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers to take Him" (John 7:19,32).

Let us look at how the Pharisees seemed to violate each of the ten commandments:

1.) "But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the will of God for themselves" (Luk 7:30), which is a violation of the first commandment.

2.) They considered gold more important than the temple which seems to be a violation of the second commandment (Mat 23:16).

3.) "Then the Pharisees went and plotted how they might entangle Him in His talk. And they sent to Him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, 'Teacher, we know that you are true, and teach the way of God in truth; nor do You care about anyone for You regard not the person of men" (Mat 22:15-16). This is a violation of the third commandment since they were taking God's name in vain.

4.) The Pharisees also plotted to kill Jesus because He healed someone on the Sabbath (Mat 12:10-14; Mk 3:4-6), not because this act was prohibited in the Law of God (it was not), but because of their traditions. They would not admit that it was lawful to do good on the Sabbath (Mk 3:4; Mat 12:12-14; Luk 6:9-11), which should be considered as a violation of the fourth commandment.

5.) As cited earlier they violated the fifth commandment and justified it through their traditions (Mat 15:3-6).

6.) They also had Jesus killed (Joh 11:57;18:3;19:6) for their envy (Mark 15:9-10), thus they violated the sixth commandment.  Plus, they also apparently plotted to get Stephen improperly condemned (Acts 6:11-13)  and thus were part of his murder.

7.) Jesus suggested that some committed adultery through divorce (Mat 19:3-9; Mk 10:2-12), and adultery is a violation of the seventh commandment.

8.) Jesus also implied they stole from widows, which is a violation of the eighth commandment (Mat 23:14).

9.) They were insincere, sometimes bearing false witness, “Then the Pharisees went and plotted how they might entangle Him in His talk…But Jesus perceived their wickedness” (Mat 22:15,18). This a violation of the ninth commandment–if the Pharisees really felt that Jesus was true and taught the true way of God, they would not have plotted to entangle Him. They also apparently set up false witnesses against Stephen (Acts 6:13). They also had part in spreading the lie that Jesus’ body was stolen-Mat 27:62;28:12-13; another violation of the ninth commandment.

10.) Jesus said to the Pharisees, "your inward part is full of greed and wickedness" (Luk 11:39), thus the Pharisees violated the tenth commandment (many Pharisees were also lovers of money (Luk 16:14).

Thus, the Bible either states or implies that the Pharisees one way or the other violated all ten of the commandments!

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More at the link, Doves.  Faith without works is dead (James chapter 2).  Just because someone is led by the Lord to follow the Ten Commandments, does NOT mean they are 'pharisees'.  Far from it....

~Patty RP