What do hypocrites do?
What
is a hypocrite?
Why
is it so easy for us to be a hypocrite?
Why
must we fight the flesh?
Why
is it so important to fight off the enemy?
We are not to practice righteousness before men to get noticed.
When we pray we are to not use meaningless repetition or tell God a story to impress others, for our reward will be nothing.
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Dictionary
- hypocrite
a
person who puts on a false appearance of virtue or religion.
a
person who acts in contradiction to his or her stated beliefs or feelings.
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Matthew
7;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.
Matthew
6
Giving
to the Poor and Prayer
1 “Beware
of practicing your righteousness before men to be noticed by them;
otherwise you have no reward with your Father who is in heaven.
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. 3 But when you give to
the poor, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,
4 so that your giving will be in secret; and your Father who sees what is
done in secret will reward you.
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.
7 “And
when you are praying, do not use meaningless repetition as the Gentiles
do, for they suppose that they will be heard for their many words.
8 So do not be like them; for your Father knows what you need before you
ask Him.
9 “Pray,
then, in this way:
‘Our
Father who is in heaven,
Hallowed
be Your name.
10
‘Your
kingdom come.
Your
will be done,
On
earth as it is in heaven.
11
‘Give
us this day our daily bread.
12
‘And
forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.
13
‘And
do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For Yours is the
kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.’]
14 For
if you forgive others for their transgressions, your heavenly Father will also
forgive you. 15 But if you do not forgive others, then your
Father will not forgive your transgressions.
Fasting;
The True Treasure; Wealth (Mammon)
16 “Whenever
you fast, do not put on a gloomy face as the hypocrites do, for
they neglect their appearance so that they will be noticed by men when they are
fasting. Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full. 17 But you,
when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face 18 so that your fasting
will not be noticed by men, but by your Father who is in secret; and your
Father who sees what is done in secret will reward you.
19 “Do
not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy,
and where thieves break in and steal. 20 But store up for yourselves
treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do
not break in or steal; 21 for where your treasure is, there your heart
will be also.
22 “The
eye is the lamp of the body; so then if your eye is clear, your whole body will
be full of light. 23 But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full
of darkness. If then the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the
darkness!
24 “No
one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other,
or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God
and wealth.
The
Cure for Anxiety
25 “For
this reason I say to you, do not be worried about your life, as to what you
will eat or what you will drink; nor for your body, as to what you will put on.
Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? 26 Look at
the birds of the air, that they do not sow, nor reap nor gather into barns, and
yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth much more than they?
27 And who of you by being worried can add a single hour to his life?
28 And why are you worried about clothing? Observe how the lilies of the
field grow; they do not toil nor do they spin, 29 yet I say to you that
not even Solomon in all his glory clothed himself like one of these.
30 But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive today and
tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, will He not much more clothe you?
You of little faith! 31 Do not worry then, saying, ‘What will we
eat?’ or ‘What will we drink?’ or ‘What will we wear for clothing?’ 32 For
the Gentiles eagerly seek all these things; for your heavenly Father knows that
you need all these things. 33 But seek first His kingdom and His
righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
34 “So
do not worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will care for itself. Each day has
enough trouble of its own.
Matthew
22;18
But
Jesus perceived their malice, and said, “Why are you testing Me, you hypocrites?
Matthew
23;13-15
13
“But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you
shut off the kingdom of heaven from people; for you do not enter in yourselves,
nor do you allow those who are entering to go in.
14
[Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you
devour widows’ houses, and for a pretense you make long prayers; therefore you
will receive greater condemnation.]
15
“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you
travel around on sea and land to make one proselyte; and when he becomes one,
you make him twice as much a son of hell as yourselves.
Matthew
23;23
“Woe
to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint and
dill and cummin, and have neglected the weightier provisions of the law:
justice and mercy and faithfulness; but these are the things you should have
done without neglecting the others.
Matthew
23;25
“Woe
to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the
outside of the cup and of the dish, but inside they are full of robbery
and self-indulgence.
Matthew
23;27
“Woe
to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like
whitewashed tombs which on the outside appear beautiful, but inside they are
full of dead men’s bones and all uncleanness.
Matthew
23;29
“Woe
to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the
tombs of the prophets and adorn the monuments of the righteous.
Matthew
24;51
and
will cut him in pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites;
in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Mark
7;6
And
He said to them, “Rightly did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites,
as it is written: ‘This people honors Me with their lips, But their heart is
far away from Me.
Luke
6;42
Or
how can you say to your brother, ‘Brother, let me take out the speck that is in
your eye,’ when you yourself do not see the log that is in your own eye? You hypocrite,
first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take
out the speck that is in your brother’s eye.
Luke
12;56
You hypocrites!
You know how to analyze the appearance of the earth and the sky, but why do you
not analyze this present time?
Luke
13;15
But
the Lord answered him and said, “You hypocrites, does not each of
you on the Sabbath untie his ox or his donkey from the stall and lead him away
to water him?
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