STOP PREACHING WHAT YOU REFUSE TO PRACTICE!
Some churches that loudly preach holiness, righteousness, and the love of Christ are failing to demonstrate that same love in their daily lives.
You preach love your neighbour, but practice selfishness.
You preach holiness, but harbour pride, hatred, jealousy, bitterness, wickedness, and self-centredness.
Is this the Christianity Jesus Christ taught us?
Jesus Christ did not say people would know us merely because we attend church, speak in tongues, preach powerful sermons, or call ourselves “holy.”
He said:
By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another. John 13:35
So where is the love?
Where is the compassion?
Where is the forgiveness?
Where is the sacrifice?
Where is the genuine concern for our brothers and sisters?
The Bible says:
“Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ. Galatians 6:2
If we truly belong to Christ, the character of Christ must be visible in us.
The Bible says:
He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked. 1 John 2:6
You cannot claim to have a genuine relationship with Jesus while deliberately living contrary to His character.
Jesus is love. Jesus is compassionate. Jesus forgives. Jesus serves. Jesus cares for people.
So if we claim to follow Him, those qualities should increasingly be seen in our lives.
WHAT IS HYPOCRISY?
Hypocrisy is preaching one thing while deliberately living the opposite.
Jesus Himself confronted religious leaders who looked righteous outwardly but were corrupt inwardly.
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Matthew 23:27
And He said:
Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity. Matthew 23:28
That warning is still relevant today.
It is possible to have a microphone in our hands and still have hatred in our hearts.
It is possible to preach holiness and yet mistreat people.
It is possible to quote Scripture and still refuse to practice Scripture.
It is possible to look spiritual before people while being far from the heart of Christ.
God is not impressed by our appearance. He examines the heart.
For the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart. 1 Samuel 16:7
Some content creators, even demonstrating what genuine love, kindness, generosity, and concern for others should look like. Meanwhile, believers are watching without putting the love of Christ into practice. What a pity.
If someone who does not even preach holiness can demonstrate compassion, while a person who claims to represent Christ cannot show love, what testimony are we giving to the world?
The Bible says:
If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar.” 1 John 4:20
This is not a message against the Church.
It is a call for the Church to return to Christ.
Let us stop measuring Christianity only by outward appearance.
Let us stop using the name of Jesus while refusing to follow the teachings of Jesus.
Let us stop asking, How holy do I look? and start asking, How much of Jesus can people see in me?
Heaven indeed will be full of surprises.
Jesus warned:
Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 7:21
And Scripture tells us:
But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. James 1:22
Don't just preach love show love.
Don't just preach holiness live holy.
Don't just preach Christ reflect Christ.
Don't just tell people about Jesus let people encounter the character of Jesus through your life.
May God deliver us from religious hypocrisy and give us hearts that genuinely reflect Jesus Christ.
The world needs to see Jesus Christ in us.
STOP PREACHING WHAT YOU REFUSE TO PRACTICE!
Some churches that loudly preach holiness, righteousness, and the love of Christ are failing to demonstrate that same love in their daily lives.
You preach love your neighbour, but practice selfishness.
You preach holiness, but harbour pride, hatred, jealousy, bitterness, wickedness, and self-centredness.
Is this the Christianity Jesus Christ taught us?
Jesus Christ did not say people would know us merely because we attend church, speak in tongues, preach powerful sermons, or call ourselves “holy.”
He said:
By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another. John 13:35
So where is the love?
Where is the compassion?
Where is the forgiveness?
Where is the sacrifice?
Where is the genuine concern for our brothers and sisters?
The Bible says:
“Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ. Galatians 6:2
If we truly belong to Christ, the character of Christ must be visible in us.
The Bible says:
He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked. 1 John 2:6
You cannot claim to have a genuine relationship with Jesus while deliberately living contrary to His character.
Jesus is love. Jesus is compassionate. Jesus forgives. Jesus serves. Jesus cares for people.
So if we claim to follow Him, those qualities should increasingly be seen in our lives.
WHAT IS HYPOCRISY?
Hypocrisy is preaching one thing while deliberately living the opposite.
Jesus Himself confronted religious leaders who looked righteous outwardly but were corrupt inwardly.
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Matthew 23:27
And He said:
Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity. Matthew 23:28
That warning is still relevant today.
It is possible to have a microphone in our hands and still have hatred in our hearts.
It is possible to preach holiness and yet mistreat people.
It is possible to quote Scripture and still refuse to practice Scripture.
It is possible to look spiritual before people while being far from the heart of Christ.
God is not impressed by our appearance. He examines the heart.
For the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart. 1 Samuel 16:7
Some content creators, even demonstrating what genuine love, kindness, generosity, and concern for others should look like. Meanwhile, believers are watching without putting the love of Christ into practice. What a pity.
If someone who does not even preach holiness can demonstrate compassion, while a person who claims to represent Christ cannot show love, what testimony are we giving to the world?
The Bible says:
If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar.” 1 John 4:20
This is not a message against the Church.
It is a call for the Church to return to Christ.
Let us stop measuring Christianity only by outward appearance.
Let us stop using the name of Jesus while refusing to follow the teachings of Jesus.
Let us stop asking, How holy do I look? and start asking, How much of Jesus can people see in me?
Heaven indeed will be full of surprises.
Jesus warned:
Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 7:21
And Scripture tells us:
But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. James 1:22
Don't just preach love show love.
Don't just preach holiness live holy.
Don't just preach Christ reflect Christ.
Don't just tell people about Jesus let people encounter the character of Jesus through your life.
May God deliver us from religious hypocrisy and give us hearts that genuinely reflect Jesus Christ.
The world needs to see Jesus Christ in us.
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