Hypocrites may show up at a church building every Sunday, but there are no hypocrites in the Church (Christ’s body). Hypocrite comes from the Greek word for "actor," or pretender. Hypocrisy is "the practice of professing beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not hold."
The Church is made up of true believers; hypocrites are "pretenders" who sit among God’s people. God knows those who love Him, and the Bible warns that He will sort out the true converts from the false on the Day of Judgment. All hypocrites will end up in hell (Matthew 24:51).
2007-02-17 06:10:08 · 20 answers · asked by NONAME 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Too many judge the masses by the few.
examples:
walk into a Best Buy and have a bad situation with an employee. is every Best Buy employee bad now? no.
get cut off by a semi that says SAM'S CLUB on the side. does that mean every employee of wal-mart drives like a nut? no.
there are bad and good in all fields of life. yet I watch so many bypass this basic logical thinking when it comes to religion. people see ONE person say something or act a certain way and they "assume" that all of them are that way.
I love free will....but ignorance is an item I could of done without in this world. as this world is over flowing in ignorance.
2007-02-17 06:25:21 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The church should be a hospital for sinners. Not a museum for saints. There are hundreds of thousands of hypocrites in church buildings. That is what non believers see as the church. The Body of Christ is not seen by unbelievers.
Shalom.
2007-02-17 06:16:37 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes I do agree.
Matthew 5-7. Jesus announced that it was time for us to change not only our outward actions but more importantly our hearts. The Pharisees of Jesus' days are the perfect example of hypocrites in leadership of a religous institution. In the Sermon on the Mount Jesus blasts the hypocricy behind seemingly innocent rituals practiced by the Pharisees. God is not fooled by appearences, He sees our hearts. Jesus goes on to present a totally radical way of living, free of pretense. In the Beatitudes Jesus paints a beautiful picture of the broken and humble and attacks those who strive to build an attractive image by appearing poweful,assertive, successful, and spiritual. The Sermon on the Mount imntroduces the possibility of living soley for God and not for appearences, He wants us to get our inner and outer lives in sync.
2007-02-17 06:18:54 · answer #3 · answered by All 4 His Glory 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there are some hypocrites in church. but sometimes for good reasons. sometimes an atheist would have to go to the church to seek shelter from a harsh storm after he got kicked out of his apartment/ house / whatever.
im muslim and i was going to hang out with my friend and sleepover his house today ; i couldn't tho :(
sleeping over meant that i would have to go into church with all the other christians. though im not a christian in a church i dont consider that hypocrisy.
2007-02-17 06:16:18 · answer #4 · answered by aznman111 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This is true.
However, it's entirely possible that entire congregations may be made up of hypocrites, or even those who have convinced themselves that they are worshipping God, but in their hearts are not true followers of their faith.
I have a feeling that if there is a God, those people are going to end up in far greater torment than the atheists and agnostics who never claimed to worship what they didn't believe in their hearts.
2007-02-17 06:16:09 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
This is similar to the "true" christian fallacy. How do you know the difference between a self-professed christian versus a "true" christian? It is the same distinction between what you call a "church" and the "Church".
Objectively, you can only assume that all self-professed christians are true christians until their very bad behavior is revealed. At that time you can always disclaim them as a non-true christian. A self-fulfilling fallacy.
2007-02-17 06:19:24 · answer #6 · answered by CC 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If to be a hypocrit is to put oneself outside the body of Christ, then no one is a member of the Church.
2007-02-17 06:19:10 · answer #7 · answered by MikeD 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The leaders of the Christian Right worship money, not God. They are some of the most corrupt people ever to have walked the earth. They are loudly professing beliefs that they do not hold.
Sadly only in this case, hell does not exist.
2007-02-17 06:17:34 · answer #8 · answered by justagirl33552 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
) Neither a state nor the federal authorities can set up a church. Ans: certain. 2) Neither can bypass guidelines which help one faith, help all religions, or want one faith over yet another. Ans: certain. 3) Neither can stress nor impression someone to bypass to or to stay faraway from church hostile to his will or stress him to profess a idea or disbelief in any faith. Ans: certain. 4) no one would properly be punished for pleasing or professing non secular beliefs or disbeliefs, for church attendance or non-attendance. Ans: certain. 5) No tax in any volume, tremendous or small, would properly be levied to help any non secular activities or establishments, regardless of they may well be suggested as, or regardless of form they might undertake to coach or practice faith. Ans: certain. All those solid issues yet the position is the solid question for tolerance to people of alternative faith?
2016-12-04 07:24:57 · answer #9 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
True....but....even God's people sin... and all are still susceptible to temptation... and do give in from time to time... and this the world perceives as hypocritical behavior...
2007-02-17 06:15:56 · answer #10 · answered by idahomike2 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋