If you have your Bibles I’d invite you to turn with me to Matthew chapter 12.  Matthew chapter 11 in each of the events that it records gives us a picture of the majesty of the Lord Jesus Christ.  Matthew chapter 12 gives us a contrast between the character of Christ and His opponents.  And each of the passages that are recorded in that great chapter, we see a juxtaposition, a contrast, a differentiation between Jesus and those who were the accepted respected spiritual and moral leaders of the day, the Pharisees.   For instance in Matthew chapter 1, verses 1-15, the Pharisees and Jesus engage in a controversy over the Lord's day.  The Pharisees set themselves up as the great lovers of God and the great lovers of His law, but in that passage it's very clear that the one who…