Luke 12:1
Meanwhile, when a crowd of many thousands had gathered, so that they were trampling on one another, Jesus began to speak first to his disciples, saying: “Be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.”
Hypocrisy does not mean we as Christians will always be perfect. It does not mean we preach about something and then fall flat on our faces over it. Hypocrisy is “do what I say and not what I do.”
News Flash! We are not perfect. We make mistakes. The thing that sets us apart from hypocrites or should set us apart from hypocrites is we take responsibility. We know when we have done wrong. We admit we have done wrong. We make amends when possible and seek to try better. We learn from our mistakes.
We get into trouble when we let our pride stick around. Our judgment of others to make ourselves look better is the issue. When that yeast of hypocrisy takes over it ruins it for everyone. All of a sudden every Christian looks back and Satan laughs!
Jesus was not warning against us! He was reminding us to stand up and be responsible. We must swallow our pride when we screw up and show others how we live by grace!
Lord, I don’t want to be the reason someone walks away from You. Help me swallow my pride and step up and take responsibility when I screw up. ~amen
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