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HOW TO BECOME A HYPOCRITE
Luke 11:37-52

What Is A Hypocrite?
“Now when He had spoken, a Pharisee asked Him to have lunch with him; and He went in, and reclined at the table. When the Pharisee saw it, he was surprised that He had not first ceremonially washed before the meal. But the Lord said to him, "Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and of the platter; but inside of you, you are full of robbery and wickedness. You foolish ones, did not He who made the outside make the inside also? But give that which is within as charity, and then all things are clean for you.”

How Do I Know If I Am One?

1. Do I Just Go Through The Motions?
"But woe to you Pharisees! For you pay tithe of mint and rue and every kind of garden herb, and yet disregard justice and the love of God; but these are the things you should have done without neglecting the others.”

2. Am I Motivated More By The Approval Of People Than By The Pleasure Of God?
"Woe to you Pharisees! For you love the chief seats in the synagogues and the respectful greetings in the market places."

3. Do I Give The Impression That I Am Better Than I Am?
"Woe to you! For you are like concealed tombs, and the people who walk over them are unaware of it."

4. Do I Expect From Others What I Am Unwilling To Do Myself?
“One of the lawyers said to Him in reply, "Teacher, when You say this, You insult us too." But He said, "Woe to you lawyers as well!  For you weigh men down with burdens hard to bear, while you
yourselves will not even touch the burdens with one of your fingers.”

5. Do I Substitute Good Intentions For Actual Obedience?
"Woe to you! For you build the tombs of the prophets, and it was your fathers who killed them. So you are witnesses and approve the deeds of your fathers; because it was they who killed them, and you build their tombs. For this reason also the wisdom of God said, 'I will send to them prophets and apostles, and some
of them they will kill and some they will persecute, so that the blood of all the prophets, shed since the foundation of the world, may be charged against this generation, from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the house of God; yes, I tell you, it shall be charged against this generation.”

6. Do I Make It Difficult For Others To Follow Christ?
"Woe to you lawyers! For you have taken away the key of knowledge; you yourselves did not enter, and you hindered those who were entering."

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