Avoiding Hypocrisy 1 Peter 2:1 ROBISON STREET CHURCH OF CHRIST- EDNACHURCHOFCHRIST.ORG

So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander. 1 Peter 2:1

Hypocrisy Acts 5:1-11 ROBISON STREET CHURCH OF CHRIST- EDNACHURCHOFCHRIST.ORG

Galatians 2:11-14 Hypocrisy ROBISON STREET CHURCH OF CHRIST- EDNACHURCHOFCHRIST.ORG

Hypocrisy 1 Timothy 4:2 ROBISON STREET CHURCH OF CHRIST- EDNACHURCHOFCHRIST.ORG

What is hypocrisy? ROBISON STREET CHURCH OF CHRIST- EDNACHURCHOFCHRIST.ORG

“a feigning to be what one is not or to believe what one does not” Hypocrisy “a feigning to be what one is not or to believe what one does not” ROBISON STREET CHURCH OF CHRIST- EDNACHURCHOFCHRIST.ORG

Hypocrisy “the practice of claiming to have higher standards or more laudable beliefs than is the case” Soanes, C., & Stevenson, A. (Eds.). (2004). Concise Oxford English dictionary (11th ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. ROBISON STREET CHURCH OF CHRIST- EDNACHURCHOFCHRIST.ORG

A Heart Problem Hosea 10:2 ROBISON STREET CHURCH OF CHRIST- EDNACHURCHOFCHRIST.ORG

A Heart Problem Mark 7:21-22 ROBISON STREET CHURCH OF CHRIST- EDNACHURCHOFCHRIST.ORG

Dangerous & Destructive Luke 12:1 ROBISON STREET CHURCH OF CHRIST- EDNACHURCHOFCHRIST.ORG

What does hypocrisy look like? ROBISON STREET CHURCH OF CHRIST- EDNACHURCHOFCHRIST.ORG

Matthew 6:2, 5, 16 Insincere Motives ROBISON STREET CHURCH OF CHRIST- EDNACHURCHOFCHRIST.ORG

Matthew 15:1-9 Insincere Motives ROBISON STREET CHURCH OF CHRIST- EDNACHURCHOFCHRIST.ORG

Matthew 23:5-7 Insincere Motives ROBISON STREET CHURCH OF CHRIST- EDNACHURCHOFCHRIST.ORG

Inconsistent Judgment Matthew 7:1-5 ROBISON STREET CHURCH OF CHRIST- EDNACHURCHOFCHRIST.ORG

Inconsistent Judgment Romans 2:1 ROBISON STREET CHURCH OF CHRIST- EDNACHURCHOFCHRIST.ORG

Matthew 23:1-4, 25-28 Inconsistent Deeds ROBISON STREET CHURCH OF CHRIST- EDNACHURCHOFCHRIST.ORG

Romans 2:17-24 Inconsistent Deeds ROBISON STREET CHURCH OF CHRIST- EDNACHURCHOFCHRIST.ORG

What results from hypocrisy? ROBISON STREET CHURCH OF CHRIST- EDNACHURCHOFCHRIST.ORG

Matthew 23:13-15 Apostasy & Rejection ROBISON STREET CHURCH OF CHRIST- EDNACHURCHOFCHRIST.ORG

Galatians 2:11-14 Apostasy & Rejection ROBISON STREET CHURCH OF CHRIST- EDNACHURCHOFCHRIST.ORG

Rom. 2:24 Apostasy & Rejection ROBISON STREET CHURCH OF CHRIST- EDNACHURCHOFCHRIST.ORG

Cp. 1 Timothy 4:16 Apostasy & Rejection ROBISON STREET CHURCH OF CHRIST- EDNACHURCHOFCHRIST.ORG

Matthew 23:13, 14, 15, 23, 25, 27, 29, 33 Condemnation ROBISON STREET CHURCH OF CHRIST- EDNACHURCHOFCHRIST.ORG

Galatians 2:11-14 Condemnation ROBISON STREET CHURCH OF CHRIST- EDNACHURCHOFCHRIST.ORG

Condemnation Luke 12:1-3 ROBISON STREET CHURCH OF CHRIST- EDNACHURCHOFCHRIST.ORG

Hebrews 4:12-13 Condemnation ROBISON STREET CHURCH OF CHRIST- EDNACHURCHOFCHRIST.ORG

What can be done to avoid hypocrisy? ROBISON STREET CHURCH OF CHRIST- EDNACHURCHOFCHRIST.ORG

1 Timothy 1:5 Sincere Faith & Love ROBISON STREET CHURCH OF CHRIST- EDNACHURCHOFCHRIST.ORG

Romans 12:9 Sincere Faith & Love ROBISON STREET CHURCH OF CHRIST- EDNACHURCHOFCHRIST.ORG

1 Peter 1:22-23 Sincere Faith & Love ROBISON STREET CHURCH OF CHRIST- EDNACHURCHOFCHRIST.ORG

Humility Matthew 23:11-12 ROBISON STREET CHURCH OF CHRIST- EDNACHURCHOFCHRIST.ORG

Philippians 2:3 Humility ROBISON STREET CHURCH OF CHRIST- EDNACHURCHOFCHRIST.ORG

Galatians 2:20 Fidelity To Christ ROBISON STREET CHURCH OF CHRIST- EDNACHURCHOFCHRIST.ORG

Acts 20:27 Fidelity To Christ ROBISON STREET CHURCH OF CHRIST- EDNACHURCHOFCHRIST.ORG

Colossians 3:17 Consistent Practice ROBISON STREET CHURCH OF CHRIST- EDNACHURCHOFCHRIST.ORG

Luke 6:46-49 Consistent Practice ROBISON STREET CHURCH OF CHRIST- EDNACHURCHOFCHRIST.ORG

Cp. Matthew 23:23-24 Consistent Practice ROBISON STREET CHURCH OF CHRIST- EDNACHURCHOFCHRIST.ORG

Romans 12:1-2 Spiritual Focus ROBISON STREET CHURCH OF CHRIST- EDNACHURCHOFCHRIST.ORG

Cp. Matthew 23:25-28 Spiritual Focus ROBISON STREET CHURCH OF CHRIST- EDNACHURCHOFCHRIST.ORG

Avoiding Hypocrisy 1 Peter 2:1 ROBISON STREET CHURCH OF CHRIST- EDNACHURCHOFCHRIST.ORG

What if we fail to avoid it? ROBISON STREET CHURCH OF CHRIST- EDNACHURCHOFCHRIST.ORG

…and will cut him in pieces and put him with the hypocrites …and will cut him in pieces and put him with the hypocrites. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Matthew 24:51

God has equipped us to avoid hypocrisy. ROBISON STREET CHURCH OF CHRIST- EDNACHURCHOFCHRIST.ORG

For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. Romans 1:16

So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander. Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation-- 1 Peter 2:1-2

Are you living consistently with your profession of faith? ROBISON STREET CHURCH OF CHRIST- EDNACHURCHOFCHRIST.ORG