Matthew 23:1-2
1Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples,
2 Saying The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat:
Acts 15:5,10
5 But there rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees which believed, saying, That it was needful to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses.
10 Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?
So I understand, as Jesus clearly taught over and over, that the "Pharisees" called their man made doctrines and commandments "the Law of Moses", but Jesus said they were doctrines and commandments of men.
I know they SAID they were preaching the laws of Moses, but you quoted Matt. 23, well to be honest, you left that part out.
Here, let's finish it so as to get a more complete understanding of His Word..
3 All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe,
that observe and do;
but do not ye after their works:
for they say,
and do not.
4 For
they (Pharisees, Not God)bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay
them on men's shoulders; but they
themselves will not move them with one of their fingers.
Peter would have known this because Jesus directed these Words to him, as his actions in acts 15 shows.
"Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?"
So Grand Pa, who is it that lays heavy burdens on the backs of men that they can not bear?
Not God as you and most of MC preach, but man in their religious doctrines and traditions.
It's right there in your Bible if you will humble yourself to it.
Look at what that one lie does to your entire foundation of belief. The Yoke and Burden mentioned in Acts 15 is the man made doctrines and traditions that the fake preachers of Christ's time laid on the backs of the fathers and the disciples before Jesus exposed their false religion.
Peter rebuked these preachers, (Why Temp Ye God) and then directed the new converts away from their preaching to Moses and God's Commandments.
"21 For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath day."
So the Apostles directed the New Converts to the Scribes to listen to Moses
EXACTLY the same way Jesus instructed the Apostles in Matt. 23, the scripture you posted.
He didn't have to tell them about God's Holy Sabbaths because if your read more than just that once sentence you will find they had been going to learn from Moses on God's Sabbath for some time.
Peter didn't have to tell them about loving God with all your heart, the first and greatest commandment you all claim to live by, because they had already heard Moses instruct this commandment.
James didn't have to tell them to love their neighbor because they had already listened to Moses instruct this Commandment.
But there were a few things they needed to refrain from that they had not learned from Moses yet.
They were still involved somehow in idolatry, maybe they were creating images of God in the likeness of some long haired pretty boy. So the Apostles commanded them to stop this lawless behavior as Moses commanded.
They were still involved in pagan eating practices, so they directed them to some of God's Food Laws regarding how meat is prepared and the drinking of blood.
They were transgressing God's Commandments where sexual behavior is concerned, so Pater commanded them to "go and fornicate no more" as Moses also commanded.
So is this it? You preach to everyone that will listen that God's Commandments are the burden and Yoke on the backs of men based on these scripture?
Do have any other scriptures to support your preaching that it is God's word that is the Yoke and Burden on the necks of mankind?