Hypocrisy,
Part 1
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Title:
Hypocrisy, Part 1 -------------------
Date: 12/14/2001
Keyword:
"hypocrisy"
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Passage:
Matthew 23:1-7*
1. Then Jesus spoke to the
crowds and to His disciples,
2. saying: "The scribes and the
Pharisees have seated themselves in the chair of
Moses;
3. therefore all that they tell
you, do and observe, but do not do according to their
deeds; for they say things and do not do
them.
4. "They tie up heavy burdens
and lay them on men’s shoulders, but they
themselves are unwilling to move them with so much as
a finger.
5. "But they do all their deeds
to be noticed by men; for they broaden their
phylacteries and lengthen the tassels of their
garments.
6. "They love the place of honor
at banquets and the chief seats in the
synagogues,
7. and respectful greetings in
the market places, and being called Rabbi by
men.
Questions
1. What is a
hypocrite?
2. How can you know if you are a
hypocrite?
Practical
help
Any Christian who looks at
pornography is a hypocrite. Sound harsh?
But stop and think. If you say
you stand with Christ and your actions don’t
agree with what you say, what else are you, but a
hypocrite?
I have been a hypocrite many
times in my life (sometimes many times a day!), if
that is any comfort to you. And when I discover that I
am guilty I have a choice — run and hide, or run
to God and confess.
Those who hide take on a life of
pretending that nothing is wrong. This phoniness only
seems to look good to the one whose faking it, but to
others, it stinks. Perhaps that is why when you tell
people about God, it doesn’t ring true. If God is
real, they wonder, why is this one who is telling me
about Him living such a shallow and phony life?
In the next few studies we are
going to be looking deeply at our hypocritical ways,
and as we do, I hope you will not forget a very
important verse:
"If we confess our
sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us
our sins and to cleanse us from all
unrighteousness." — 1 John 1:9
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*"Scripture taken from the NEW AMERICAN STANDARD
BIBLE®, © Copyright The Lockman Foundation
1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977,
1995. Used by permission."
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