" DON'T BE A HYPOCRITE "

Hey it's you, how have you been since our last blog

encounter? Are you taking life as it comes and trusting

the Lord in all things and in all ways? Many of you out

there still have a flaw in your character and that's

Hypocrisy. I'm not trying to pick a fight or a argument

with you I truly care about you.

A hypocrite is someone who pretends to be

better than he/she really is. How often do you

say one thing and do another? Many that are called

on to pray, might first stop to adjust their mask, you

know the one that we all put on. We stand up and

and say what one might call a flowery prayer. Now,

Jesus said: " 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 seen by men. Truly

I say to you, they have their reward in full ".

Many people especially the religious leaders,

wanted to be seen as " HOLY " and praying in

public all eyes were on them, and that's what they

wanted. Jesus saw through their self-righteous acts,

and taught that the essence of prayer is not public

style but private communication with God.

Pay attention now, their is a place for public

prayer, but to pray only where others will notice

you indicates that your real audience is not God.

Now the word hypocrite that is used in Matt. 6-2:

" So when you give to the poor, do not sound

a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in

the synagogues and in the streets, so that they

may be honored by men. Truly I say to you,

they have their reward in full " (Matt 6:2).

Jesus did not pull his punches, he called it as he saw it.

Those who give money, or even their time for the wrong

reasons are hypocrites. If you say to someone, for

example your child or a subordinate " Do as I say, not as

I do " now that's being a hypocrite.

Until Next Time...

Jim