Just read these statements:
"The Gospels themselves place no small emphasis on Jesus' opposition to the life-stealing structures the Pharisees established for maintaining Israel's spiritual life. One of the church's perennial temptations has been to allow the institutional elements of its corporate life to be treated as primary; to allow its rules and hierarchies to become more important than the people and their relationships; to let the traditions of men trump the commands of God."
In my estimation, this is where many churches are today. We have, in many ways and to varying degrees, given into the temptation spoken of here.
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