Conclusion

The Scribes were men who had devoted their lives from their youth. Little did they realize that the current system of Judaism was empty and dead. Jesus came to expose that system and reveal that the law was insufficient to save men�s souls and He Himself had come to redeem man from the curse of the law.

Their oral traditions had taken precedence over the written Word of God and Jesus exposed the Jewish authorities for their greediness, hypocrisy and deception. By developing a system of rules for people to follow, they forgot the heart and spirit of the law. Their prescriptions did not allow anyone the freedom to truly seek the LORD.

What is amazing is that the Scribes had devoted their lives to the minute details of the Word and the commentaries that had been passed down by wise men who had also devoted their lives to the minute details of the law. Yet in all of their learning they had missed the most important reason for the written Word of God. The fact that the Jewish people existed for one reason, the promised Messiah, the Redeemer of Israel, AND the Gentiles.

God had faithfully enriched His people with the accurate knowledge of who and what the Messiah was to be, so that when He comes they would surely not miss Him. When Jesus came to Israel, to what He called His "home", those who were "His own, received Him not." They missed Him. Jesus wept over the city and sadly announced the impending doom that was to befall her. In 70 AD the Romans came and leveled the city of Jerusalem.

The Scribes thought that righteousness could come from the law. This will forever remain man�s biggest mystery, that religion is not enough to save a man and religious devotion is not enough to enter the Kingdom of God. His heart must be humble and honest before God�s Truth.

Jesus said, "No one comes to the Father except through Me."