350th Post Jesus On Harsh Words for the Religious System Con't. - Matthew 15: 13 - 14.

Matthew 15: 13 - 14
Every plant which My heavenly Father has not planted will be uprooted. Let them alone. They are blind teachers of the blind. And if the blind leads the blind, both will fall into a ditch.
This was spoken by Jesus about 1.1/2 years into His earthly Ministry. Jesus is talking to the disciples after being harassed by the Pharisees in Jerusalem. The disciples had come to Jesus to tell Him that He had offended these influential Pharisees. Every plant in this passage stand for Doctrine of mere human tradition verses the Doctrine of God. The Pharisees had a long history of creating Doctrine and passing it off as God's Doctrine. A Classic example is concerning the Sabbath.
The Scriptures say, "Remember the Sabbath Day and keep it Holy". Nowhere in this passage does it say, how many steps you can take before it becomes work, or even defines work. That all came from man's interpretation of the Scriptures. Notice, Jesus tells His disciples to leave them alone, they are blind teachers of the blind, and only blind will follow them. Consentrate then on teaching the truth. The people will come to hear the truth. Look at the first part of this passage. "Every plant that my Father has not planted will be uprooted." These blind teachers will be uprooted, because the Father did not plant them. This is quite serious. We as Bible Teachers are called to keep our message based on God's Doctrine Only, and not create our own Doctrine. This is very clear. If you teach, remember this!!