S4-99 A DESPISED & REJECTED MINISTRY

Religious movements developed by human reason devise principles and ordinances with a façade of religiosity. In the Gospel of Luke, we discover a very revealing scripture: "And the scribes and Pharisees watched Jesus, whether he would heal on the sabbath day; that they might find an accusation against him" (Luke 6:7). In every assembly, there lingers an element eager to pounce on the servant of God for the slightest perceived "slip up!" Luke emphasizes, "And they were filled with
madness, and communed one with another what they might do to Jesus" (Verse 11).