Hypocrite

Hypocrite
n : a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he does not hold [syn: dissembler, phony, phony, pretender]

one who puts on a mask and feigns himself to be what he is not; a dissembler in religion. Our Lord severely rebuked the scribes and Pharisees for their hypocrisy (Matt. 6:2, 5, 16).

The Christian should be aware of his daily walk and what his walk Intel's. When we allow ourselves to forget the sacrifice God made on the cross, we forget our stance on life, our call, and our faith. Satan himself lurks on the boundary of reason and lures us into mundane thought and thus we commit treason.

Many today allow their thought to be persuaded by the outside world, we find ourselves being persuaded by music, literature, television, and or athletes. Let alone the persuasiveness of the media, and the snowl ignorance of materialistic importance they put on display twenty-four hours a day.

Children are taught to respect their elders but what happens to the world when these men and women are manipulated by the apostasy in the Church. I am persuaded that if we do not stand firm on the word, that is truth, brought to us by the Holy Spirit of God we are nothing more than death. I live now as a follower of Jesus Christ, if I follow him why do I not suffer as he once suffered. I should be, I want to be, and the bible tells me that I will be persecuted for following Christ. If there is a lack of persecution in your life then one must ask themselves am I standing for what Christ stood for? Do I deny myself the pleasures of this world daily for Christ?

The truth is in the word, I just wonder how many of us truly wish to see it. The Lord said those that seek shall find. Those that are athirst shall have their mouths filled with the fruit of everlasting life. Those that truly seek Christ shall find him. These truths are the word of God.

The word of God is the fruit of everlasting life, Christ was the word in the flesh, he died in the flesh on the cross, was risen from the dead from the power of God, and given a new life in the spirit: an everlasting life to reign as King of all. He that is perfect can commit no hypocrisy, so he that is perfect can say the word. We all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God so, we need his word to live by so that we may live by Grace through faith in faultless service to our Lord Jesus Christ. Deny the temptation of the world and sacrifice your body daily to serve Jesus Christ, refrain from hypocrisy and you shall be given a crown of glory.