The Church is Full of Hypocrites | Mike Van Meter | August 26 & 27, 2023
Part of Message Notes
August 26, 2023
“I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.” —Mahatma Gandhi-
Hypokritēs - “an actor” or “a stage player.”
Matthew 15:8
8 ‘This people honors Me with their lips, But their heart is far away from Me.
2 Different Kinds of Hypocrisy:
2 Different Kinds of Hypocrisy:
1 Double Minded Hypocrite
They claim to know God, but by their actions they deny Him. They are detestable, disobedient and unfit for doing anything good.
2 Different Kinds of Hypocrisy:
1. Double Minded Hypocrite
2. Self Righteous Hypocrite
Matthew 23:28
28 So you, too, outwardly appear righteous to men, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and
Proverbs 20:10
10 Differing weights and differing measures,Both of them are abominable to the Lord.
James 2:1-4
1 My brethren, do not hold your faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ with an attitude of personal favoritism. 2 For if a man comes into your assembly with a gold ring and dressed in fine clothes, and there also comes in a poor man in dirty clothes, 3 and you pay special attention to the one who is wearing the fine clothes, and say, “You sit here in a good place,” and you say to the poor man, “You stand over there, or sit down by my footstool,” 4 have you not made distinctions among yourselves, and become judges with evil motives?
Rooting out hypocrisy in your life
Worry about yourself
Matthew 7:3-5
3 Why do you look at the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? 4 Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ and behold, the log is in your own eye? 5 You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother’s eye.
Commit Yourself to Obey God
James 1:22-25
22 But prove yourselves doers of the word, and not merely hearers who delude themselves. 23 For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks at his natural face in a mirror; 24 for once he has looked at himself and gone away, he has immediately forgotten what kind of person he was. 25 But one who looks intently at the perfect law, the law of liberty, and abides by it, not having become a forgetful hearer but an effectual doer, this man will be blessed in what he does.
Develop a Secret Life with God
Matthew 6:5-6
5 “When you pray, you are not to be like the hypocrites; for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and on the street corners so that they may be seen by men. Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full. 6 But you, when you pray, go into your inner room, close your door and pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees what is done in secret will reward you.
Foothills Text Line:
Text PRAYER to 619-375-0805
Text DECISION to 619-375-0805