Hypocrites
So many Christians are hypocrites. As you know... I am a Christian. And I have seen and know the hypocrites you talk about. there are so many people out there that call themselves Christians, but what do they have to show it. They may go to church, they may act all high and mighty on Sundays. But they are what I call... "Sunday Christians"!! They are hypocrites. Scared to die, so they try and do good to earn there way to heaven. Surely this is not what God meant. Because God is perfect. But it is human nature that makes Christians looks so terrible! I believe that these hypocrites, ARE NOT CHRISTIANS!! They just call themselves that. A real Christian that truly loves the Lord and has asked him to come into his heart, will not steal, kill, hurt, gossip, or anything else. Though we may not be perfect we have the Lord in our heart that helps and guides us to do the right thing. When we don't listen to him sometimes we mess up, but that's only because we are human like you or everyone else. We can't be perfect, but we surely try to obey the Lord in every situation. I'm not perfect either. But I love the Lord with all my heart. And wish to obey him. I want to be his servant for all the days of my life. And I want the Lord to shine through me so that people will realize that Jesus and God are not like the hypocrites, but more like the Christians that are truly living for him. I suppose you thinking maybe I don't sound humble. I try to be as humble as I can... it is something that I struggle with. And I pray that the Lord will help me with this every day. He does help me. In many situations. But the Lord never twists our arm and makes us do what he wants. We have to be willing to take that help. A true Believer.... a true Christian... does not act the way you explained. Even in the Bible there were hypocrites... and Jesus rebuked them! He also said that it is better to be totally against the Lord or totally for the Lord then in between. You can't live for Satan and God.... it doesn't work. You must be either or for! Matthew 6:5 And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. Matthew 6:16 Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. Matthew 23:13 But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in. Matthew 23:23 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone. Job 36:13 But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: they cry not when he bindeth them. Revelation 3:16 So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth. The Lord does not put up with hypocrites. He wants people that are totally for him. Living every part of what he commands. The hypocrites need to be condemmed! And the time will come when the Lord will condemn them. But as I said before he gives us chances, and he will give the hypocrites chances to repent and become true Christians and come to him and serve him completely! He does this becomes he Loves them! The Lord is good! And worthy to be praised!!
