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 amazes me 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 for mankind. 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 arrived in Israel, to what He called His "home", those who were "His own, received Him not."

This will forever remain man’s biggest mystery, that religion is not enough to save a man and religious devotion is not enough to lead a man to God. His heart must be humble and honest before God’s truth.

Jesus said "He who is of God will hear the Words of God."