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The thing is this.Christians have 2 natures in them.We still have the sinful nature that EVERYONE has from Adam.BUT--we also have a new nature from Jesus Christ which means we have desires to do what God says in His word.We have been bornagain of incorruptable seed.
So,the unsaved may not appear to look like a hypocrite,(although everyone is),BUT that is because the unsaved only have the SINFUL nature and therefore have no desire for Jesus Christ or the bible.CULTS like the mormons,catholics,and Jehovahs Witnesses have a fake "jesus" that is NOT the real Jesus of the bible.

2007-08-15 13:37:34 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture Religion & Spirituality

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Because no one is perfect

2007-08-15 13:44:35 · answer #1 · answered by Sean 7 · 1 0

Jesus said to be perfect as God in heaven is perfect; he didn't say "Try real hard to be perfect, but if you can't, it's okay because you have two natures." He didn't say that desiring perfection was enough, you had to BE perfect. There is also a passage in 1 John telling us that he who is born again DOES NOT sin and CANNOT sin. Christians sin all the time yet they also tell us they are born again. Are they lying, mistaken, or hypocrites? All this talk of "two natures" and "incorruptible seed" is meaningless to those of us who are watching you from the outside. I see people claiming to believe one thing while behaving in a way that suggests they really believe something else--and that is why I think you are hypocrites.

Do you really believe Jesus is coming soon? You will answer Yes, but the fact that you buy stuff, live in a house, have a job and/or attend school, and prepare for the future, suggest that you plan on being around for quite awhile yet. This is contrary to Jesus' message of living in poverty, selling your possessions, and not preparing for the future. He said these things because he thought he would be returning within the lifetimes of his disciples. Two thousand years later, there is no sign of him and I'm pretty sure most of you have given up on ever seeing him, despite your preaching to the contrary.

Sorry this is so long-winded, but hey, you did ask.

2007-08-15 14:06:04 · answer #2 · answered by Antique Silver Buttons 5 · 0 1

I do agree, Christians sometimes are labelled hypocrites and sometimes that's because they are. We have the highest standard to live up to, so we have to rely on the Holy Spirit if we are to have any success, and we will fail and we do.
Nevertheless we continue, not under legalism but under Grace -the forgiveness and Love of God.
Christians are empowered to live in a new way that challenges society's norm and makes people think, light in the darkness.
We still have a responsibility to live in the freedom of Grace and by the Power of the Spirit to set a new standard of living. As Christ's ambassadors we must represent Him rightly so we must take responsibility to ensure that what we preach is what we practice (def. in my case), so that when we do fail we acknowledge it. - e.g 'Yes I was wrong and I'm sorry.' I shouldn't have said that to my work colleague.
I shouldn't have got so angry, I really should forgive that person etc.....

2007-08-16 02:59:38 · answer #3 · answered by Dan 4 · 0 0

You just wanted to claim some Jesus fact didn't you.

1. Jesus isn't proper, for J didn't come around till 1500's. Means Jesus is Iesus or better known as Earth Pig or Son of Zeus.

2. Jesus is not G_D. Read Isaiah 43:11 let alone read commandment no. 1.

3. Proper name is Yahushua. For he was born of Hebrew and will come in his fathers name. Since his fathers name is YHWH that means the son is Yah.

4. In no way shape or form can Jesus ever become Yahushua through translation. For names do not change like that. Gnostic's created that name Jesus.

So which side of the wall you on again? You sure?

2007-08-15 13:51:50 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0 2

In all honesty i've got faith that all and sundry at it sluggish or yet another has been a hypocrite to some degree or yet another. I do locate it ironic that there are some who have faith there are not any purpose ethical standards yet they call being a hypocrite incorrect. In different words if there grew to become into no genuine appropriate and incorrect hypocrisy does no longer be incorrect the two. the genuine hypocrites are people who think of they have never been hypocritical. Messein: I disagree. I belive in ethical objectivity. I certainly have heard some first rate arguments for subjective morality yet they utimately fail. And in fact all of us stay to some extent as though we've faith in purpose morality. evidence if somebody stole your automobile you already know this is incorrect and speak to police. there is no i ask your self whether this is truly incorrect and probably the thief had a reliable reason. returned can absolutely everyone you me while raping a toddler isn't incorrect? And on your factor being a hypocrite is going against what you stand for? So why is going against what you stand for incorrect if there is no purpose morality? Why could mendacity or residing a lie be incorrect if there grew to become into no actual appropriate or incorrect? Edit2: Becaue somebody practices something does no longer recommend this is ethical. occasion some human beings rape infants. Does that recommend this is ethical because of the fact they do it? No we'd say they are much less ethical. a similar argument may well be made up of people in different cultures who're appearing imorally. yet another occasion is the Nazis. in accordance to them it grew to become into alright to persecute Jews. grew to become into it truly or have been they only being immoral? i'm advantageous the jews did no longer proportion their definition of morality.Nor could I if i grew to become into being sacrificed. yet another reliable factor is someone may well be a automobile theif and declare this is tremendous. Does his doing this deed coach his morality is in simple terms diverse from yours or mine? If the police confirmed up for the duration of certainly one of his theft tries he could maximum in all likelihood run. Police use fleeing the scene of a criminal offense in assisting determing the guilt of a ciminal. In different words deep down they knew what good day have been doing grew to become into incorrect regardless of the different claims or their chosen existence-style.

2016-12-13 08:47:17 · answer #5 · answered by ? 3 · 0 0

I agree presently here that Christians can look like hypocrits; I disagree with why. Catholics, Mormons, and JW's might be closer to the scriptural truth than many in USA realize.

In simple terms;
0 witness --- total ignorance
1 witness --- man, opinion, speculation, assertion
2 or more witnesses- scripture, fact(Matt. 18:16, etc)

The Bible may be on 1 witness level; scripture on 2 or more witnesses level (i.e. bible is not identical with scripyture).

2007-08-15 14:14:39 · answer #6 · answered by jefferyspringer57@sbcglobal.net 7 · 0 1

YOU are responsible for what you do, whether you cheat, lie, steal, or murder. If you killed someone and told the police that the sin that Adam did was the reason you killed someone, do you honestly think they would be like "well, Jesus forgives you, so we do, too." NO.

You're too old for an imaginary friend.

BESIDES, a large number of Christians are hypocrites, thinking that just because they go to church, eat, and drink the food there they are superior to those who aren't Christians. I admit that there are people who don't think like that, but there are MANY.

2007-08-15 13:49:00 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0 2

In a birds eye veiw, the world is under an
influence it doesnt beleive in the first place,
demonic negative influence of satan, and when we go out with the holy spirit with us,
without even trying we go aginst the grain
creating a negative enviorment towards
what we beleive.
Beleive it or not????????
Beleive it!!!

2007-08-15 17:50:55 · answer #8 · answered by PENMAN 5 · 0 0

Because the lowest common denominator of any social group is the ones that get the most attention.

I know I have not been right and I have prayed that God, Jesus and those I have wronged will forgive me.

2007-08-15 13:48:37 · answer #9 · answered by Al a voter 4 · 1 1

“The Bible tells us to be like God, and then on page after page it describes God as a mass murderer. This may be the single most important key to the political behavior of Western Civilization.”

Mark 4:11 And he said unto the disciples, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these things are done in parables:so that they may be ever seeing but never perceiving, and ever hearing but never understanding; otherwise they might turn and be forgiven!

Isaiah 6:10 Make the heart of the gentile people calloused; make their ears dull and close their eyes. [a] Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn and be healed." "Go and tell this people: " 'Be ever hearing, but never understanding; be ever seeing, but never perceiving.'


Ezekiel 20:25-26
25 “Therefore I also gave them up to statutes that were not good, and judgments by which they could not live; 26 and I pronounced them unclean because of their ritual gifts, in that they caused all their firstborn to pass through the fire, that I might make them desolate and that they might know that I am the LORD.”’

1 Peter 2:13
Submit yourselves for the Lord's sake to every authority instituted among men.

Matthew 10:34-36
Christ Brings Division
34 “Do not think that I came to bring peace on earth. I did not come to bring peace but a sword. 35 For I have come to ‘set a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law’; 36 and ‘a man’s enemies will be those of his own household.

Ecclesiastes 3: 19
19 For what happens to the sons of men also happens to animals; one thing befalls them: as one dies, so dies the other. Surely, they all have one breath; man has no advantage over animals, for all is vanity.

2007-08-15 13:51:29 · answer #10 · answered by hairypotto 6 · 0 2

YOU sir, are a hypocrite according to the last sentence of your question.

1 John 3:14-15 We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death. Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.

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2007-08-15 13:49:49 · answer #11 · answered by Quailman 6 · 0 1

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