How do we love the people that suck the life out of us?
How do we love and treat people who are HYPOCRITES?
Hypokrites: stage actor; one who wears a MASK.
“Outwardly you look like righteous people, but inwardly your hearts are filled with HYPOCRISY and lawlessness.” —Jesus, Matthew 23:28, New Living Translation
WHY are they acting like that?
1. Maybe they don’t really know God.
“Whoever says, ‘I KNOW Him [God], but does not do what He commands is a liar, and the truth is NOT in that person.’” —1st John 2:4
2. Maybe they don’t know better yet.
“I could not address you as people who live by the Spirit but as people who are still worldly—mere INFANTS in Christ.” —1st Corinthians 3:1
This person does not need correcting, they need
.
3. Maybe they know better but still disobey God.
“For you are free, yet you are God’s slaves, so don’t use your freedom as an EXCUSE to do evil.” —1st Peter 2:16, New Living Translation
How do we prayerfully confront?
1. God, help me confront with a heart to
“Brothers and sisters, if someone is caught in a sin, you who live by the Spirit should RESTORE that person gently.” —Galatians 6:1
“If another believer is overcome by some sin, you who are godly should gently and humbly help that person back onto the right path.” —Galatians 6:1, New Living Translation
You are not the judge, you are the
.
Your goal is not to be right, but to help them be
with God.
2. God, help me confront
“If someone is caught in a sin, you who live by the Spirit should restore that person gently. But WATCH YOURSELVES, or you also may be tempted.” —Galatians 6:1
“So, if you think you are standing firm, be CAREFUL that you don’t fall.” —1st Corinthians 10:12
You go to them
.
You bring in
.
Elevate it to
.
the relationship.
3. God, help me see when
Hypocrisy is really difficult to see in the
.
Wherever you are most
of others is often a reflection of where you are most .
“David burned with anger against the man and said to Nathan, ‘As surely as the Lord lives, the man who did this must die! He must pay for that lamb four times over, because he did such a thing and had no pity.’ Then Nathan said to David, ‘YOU are the man.’” —2nd Samuel 12:5-7
“If one of you should WANDER from the truth and someone should bring that person back, remember this: Whoever turns a sinner from the error of their way will save them from death and cover over a multitude of sins.” —James 5:19-20