WHO ARE THE HYPOCRITES?

 
"Woe to you, teachers of the law and pharisees, you hypocrites! You give a tenth of your spices - mint, dill and cumin.
But you have neglected the more important matters of the law - justice, mercy and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former." (Matthew 23:23)

Sometimes we think many assistants do not recognise or do not want to recognise what's obvious, because all of them know the word of God and many insist to keep on giving a bad testimony before men; they live in sin deliberately, in prostitution, in adultery, deceiving people, lying, corrupting themselves, serving badly their bosses at work, putting the Lord Jesus in shame, and the worst of all is that they believe they will be saved with such behaviour.

Do you know the meaning of the word "hypocrite"? It means that the person pretends to have certain principles, ideas, opinions or feelings... isn't that what we have seen?
Assistants who give tithes, offerings, but live a kind of life pretending to be holy and live in injustice, or rather, in sin, full of malice in the heart?
Well, if you are seeing yourself in this context, remember that the restrictions for those who are hypocrites and are inside the church living a life of injustice before God will be worse then for those who have never put their feet in the church.

The Lord Jesus received the prostitute and the thief with love but He was tough eith the hypocrites:
"Serpents, brood of vipers! How can you escape the condemnation of hell?"

This is not a curse for you but an alert to those who keep on playing with God and with the devil, constantly practicing sin under dirty sheets thinking they are hiding, but remember what the Lord Jesus said:

"For there is nothing hidden which will not be revealed, nor has anything been kept secret but that it should come to light. If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear." (Mark 4:22-24)

Therefore assistants, take care so that you won't be caught by surprise and lose the most precious thing in your lives, salvation.



(Bishop Sergio Correa)