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Hypocrisy In The Church? by malvisguy212: 10:39am On Oct 11, 2015 |
One of the major complaints non- believers level against Christianity is that the churches are full of hypocrites. The dictionary definition of hypocrisy is: hy·poc·ri·sy [hi-pok-ruh-see] 1. a pretense of having a virtuous character, moral or religious beliefs or principles, etc., that one does not really possess. So, a religious hypocrite is,by definition, a non-believer, since he is only pretending to be an adherent of the faith. A hypocrite is not a person who commits some sins on occasion (all people commit sin occasionally), but someone who practices those sins on a routine basis. Jesus had the most to say about hypocrisy and hypocrites. Since He didn't mince any words on the subject, but directly confronted the religious hypocrites of His day (the scribes and Pharisees), they hated Him intensely - eventually having Him arrested on trumped up charges. Here is a list of some of the hypocrisy that Jesus spoke against: 1. Giving to the poor to be recognized by others 2. Praying in public to be recognized as "God's man" 3. Letting everybody know you are fasting to get recognition by others 4. Complaining about other's behavior when yours is even worse. 5. Pretending to honor God through lip service only 6. Testing other people to try to make yourself look superior 7. Deceiving people from knowing God 8. Repressing the poor and widows 9. Teaching proselytes to be hypocrites Tithing (giving to the church), but neglecting justice and mercy 10. Doing everything for show, while really being self-indulgent and unrighteous 11. Treating stock animals better than fellow human beings 12.Being able to analyze the weather, but unable to distinguish between right and wrong. You see, The news media loves to make a big deal when a "Christian"preacher commits some sort of sexual sin, BUT they cannot boast of not committing sin. Everybody love to hate hypocrites Jesus also predicted that many would fall away although they would claim to be His disciple at the judgment: "Not everyone who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven will enter. Many will say to Me on that day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name perform many miracles?' And then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you; DEPART FROM ME, YOU WHO PRACTICE LAWLESSNESS.' " ( Matthew 7:21-23) The embarrassing thing about denouncing hypocrisy is that it is equally hypocritical to condemn those who do not follow the teachings of Christ if you do not follow the teachings of Christ yourself. And one of his most fundamental teachings is that we should take our critical eyes off the sin of others and concentrate on our own chronic need for Jesus' forgiveness (Matthew 7:1-5; Luke 6:37; 18:11-14). Hypocrites are people who claim to be morally better than they really are. Authentic Christians claim to be so bad that they deserve no forgiveness from God. 1 Like |
Re: Hypocrisy In The Church? by malvisguy212: 10:41am On Oct 11, 2015 |
Cc Ishilove,Lalasticlala |
Re: Hypocrisy In The Church? by Nobody: 10:48am On Oct 11, 2015 |
Malvisguy: Hypocrites are people who claim to be morally betterThat up there,spoiled the whole writing. |
Re: Hypocrisy In The Church? by malvisguy212: 11:03am On Oct 11, 2015 |
starlingslimnet:that's the point, we are ALL filty in God sight, NONE of us can boast of sinless life including believers. Infacte ephsian 2:8 say we are save by grace, we cannot boast of holiness. Authentic christians feel pain for the sin they commits prior to their calling. 1 Like |
Re: Hypocrisy In The Church? by Nobody: 11:09am On Oct 11, 2015 |
malvisguy212:Scripturally we are not filthy before God as believers, we are blameless and Holy before him.Religiously one can say Yes we are.So it depends which you hold on to: Scripture or Religion, Faith or Tales. As for me I believe the Scripture and I am blameless and Holy before God. Yes we can boast of our salvation only in Christ. Authentic Christians are unconscious of sin. |
Re: Hypocrisy In The Church? by malvisguy212: 11:13am On Oct 11, 2015 |
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Re: Hypocrisy In The Church? by malvisguy212: 11:15am On Oct 11, 2015 |
starlingslimnet:you may be right. but know this. Christians are people who consider themselves such moral failures that they have come to Jesus for help and forgiveness. Making it spiritually depends not on how popular or nice we are, but how much we want God to rule our life and change us. |
Re: Hypocrisy In The Church? by Nobody: 11:20am On Oct 11, 2015 |
malvisguy212:I agree you are right. 1 Like |
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Re: Hypocrisy In The Church? by smsshola(m): 7:59am On Oct 25, 2015 |
May the Lord av mercy on me I think am guilty of this... |
Re: Hypocrisy In The Church? by Princewell2012(m): 11:16pm On Oct 25, 2015 |
That up there,spoiled the whole writing.Nooo, he made a very good point there. You need to read ur bible with understand . |
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