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HYPOCRISY / LUKE 12:1

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(KJV) Luke 12:1

In the mean time, when there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they trode one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

HYPOCRISY / LUKE 12:1

Jesus condemns the hypocrisy (false-heartedness, pretense, double standards) of the Pharisees, warning His disciple to be careful that this sinful trait does not enter their own lives and ministry. 

  1. Hypocrisy means acting as if you are what you are not. For example, it could involve acting outwardly as a godly and faithful Christian, when in reality (in your private life or with a different crowd) you are hiding sin, immorality, greed, lust or other ungodly attitudes and behaviors. Hypocrite is a deceiver when it comes to appearing “right.”
  2. Since hypocrisy involves living a lie, it makes a person a partner or co-worker with Satan, the father of lies (John 8:44). 
  3. Jesus warns His disciples that all hypocrisy and hidden sin will be exposed – if not in this life, then certainly on the day of judgment (Romans 2:16; 1 Corinthians 3:13; 4:5; Revelation 20:11-13). What is done secretly behind closed doors will be at some point openly revealed (Luke 12:2-3). This does not mean that confessed and forgiven sin will be brought against us. Rather, it means that what is hidden through hypocrisy will certainly be revealed (Luke 12:2-3).
  4. A lifestyle of hypocrisy is a sign that a person does not fear God with a holy reverence and respect for His character, power and judgment (Luke 12:5). It also means that a person is resisting or does not have God’s Holy Spirit within them, transforming their lives to be like Christ (Romans 8:5-14; 1 Corinthians 6:9-10; Galatians 5:19-21; Ephesians 5:5). While remaining in this condition, a person cannot “escape being condemned to hell” (Matthew 23:33).

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  1. WOE TO YOU / LUKE 11:42
  2. YOUR EYE IS THE LAMP OF YOUR BODY / LUKE 11:34
  3. SEVEN OTHER SPIRITS … LIVE THERE / LUKE 11:26
  4. WHO IS NOT WITH ME IS AGAINST ME / LUKE 11:23
  5. DEMONS … THE KINGDOM OF GOD / LUKE 11:20
  6. GIVE THE HOLY SPIRIT TO THOSE WHO ASK / LUKE 11:13
  7. ASK … SEEK … KNOCK / LUKE 11:9
  8. OUR DAILY BREAD / LUKE 11:3
  9. ONE THING IS NEEDED / LUKE 10:42
  10. THE PARABLE OF THE GOOD SAMARITAN / LUKE 10:30
  11. THE WISE … LITTLE CHILDREN / LUKE 10:21
  12. DO NOT REJOICE / LUKE 10:20
  13. SNAKES AND SCORPINS / LUKE 10:19
  14. I SAW SATAN FALL / LUKE 10:18
  15. LAMBS AMONG WOLVES / LUKE 10:3
  16. SENT THEM TWO BY TWO / LUKE 10:1
  17. REBUKED THEM / LUKE 9:55-56
  18. THE PEOPLE DID NOT WELCOME HIM / LUKE 9:52-53
  19. THE TRANSFIGURATION / LUKE 9:29
  20. ASHAMED OF ME / LUKE 9:26
  21. WHOEVER LOSES HIS LIFE / LUKE 9:24
  22. TAKE UP HIS CROSS DAILY / LUKE 9:23
  23. WARNED THEM NOT TO TELL / LUKE 9:21
  24. FEEDING OF THE FIVE THOUSAND / LUKE 9:12-17
  25. PREACH THE KINGDOM … HEAL THE SICK / LUKE 9:2
  26. A DEMON-POSSESSED MAN / LUKE 8:27-33
  27. MY MOTHER AND BROTHERS / LUKE 8:21
  28. CHOKED BY LIFE’S WORRIES / LUKE 8:14
  29. BELIEVE FOR A WHILE … FALL AWAY / LUKE 8:13
  30. HELPING TO SUPPORT THEM / LUKE 8:3
  31. SHE LOVED MUCH / LUKE 7:47
  32. WEEPING / LUKE 7:37-38
  33. WISDOM IS PROVED RIGHT BY ALL HER CHILDREN / LUKE 7:35
  34. GLUTTON AND A DRUNKARD / LUKE 7:34
  35. A REED SWAYED / LUKE 7:24
  36. HIS HEART WENT OUT TO HER / LUKE 7:13
  37. DO NOT DO WHAT I SAY / LUKE 4:46
  38. HIS HEART / LUKE 6:45
  39. GIVE / LUKE 6:38
  40. DO NOT JUDGE / LUKE 6:37
  41. LOVE YOUR ENEMIES / LUKE 6:27
  42. WOE TO YOU WHEN ALL MEN SPEAK WELL / LUKE 6:26
  43. WOE TO YOU WHO ARE RICH / LUKE 6:24
  44. HOW THEIR FATHERS TREATED THE PROPHETS / LUKE 6:23
  45. WHEN MEN HATE YOU / LUKE 6:22
  46. SERMON ON THE PLAIN / LUKE 6:17-19
  47. SPENT THE NIGHT PRAYING / LUKE 6:12
  48. JESUS AND THE SABBATH / LUKE 6:2-10
  49. ‘THE OLD IS BETTER’ / LUKE 5:39
  50. EAT AND DRINK WITH … ‘SINNERS’ / LUKE 5:30
  51. SON OF MAN / LUKE 5:24
  52. JESUS KNEW WHAT THEY WERE THINKING / LUKE 5:22
  53. CARRYING A PARALYTIC / LUKE 5:8
  54. THE POWER OF THE LORD WAS PRESENT / LUKE 5:17
  55. PRAYERS OF JESUS / LUKE 5:16
  56. YOU WILL CATCH MEN / LUKE 5:9-10
  57. AN EVIL SPIRIT / LUKE 4:33-35
  58. HIS MESSAGE HAD AUTHORITY / LUKE 4:32
  59. HE HAS ANOINTED ME / LUKE 4:18-19
  60. THE DEVIL / LUKE 4:9
  61. THE KINGDOMS OF THE WORLD / LUKE 4:5
  62. DOES NOT LIVE ON BREAD ALONE / LUKE 4:4
  63. JESUS, FULL OF THE HOLY SPIRIT / LUKE 4:1-2
  64. HOLY SPIRIT DESCENDED ON HIM / LUKE 3:22
  65. HE WILL BURN UP THE CHAFF / LUKE 3:17
  66. BAPTIZE YOU WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT / LUKE 3:16
  67. FRUIT IN KEEPING WITH REPENTANCE / LUKE 3:8
  68. CAESAR … PILATE … HEROD / LUKE 3:1-2
  69. JESUS GREW IN WISDOM / LUKE 2:52
  70. I HAD TO BE IN MY FATHER’S HOUSE / LUKE 2:49-51
  71. THE CHILD GREW / LUKE 2:40
  72. ANNA … WORHIPED / LUKE 2:36-38
  73. A SWORD WILL PIERCE YOUR OWN SOUL / LUKE 2:35
  74. RIGHTEOUS AND DEVOUT – WAITING FOR THE CONSOLATION / LUKE 2:25-32
  75. A PAIR OF DOVES / LUKE 2:24
  76. PRESENT HIM TO THE LORD / LUKE 2:22-23
  77. A SAVIOR … CHRIST THE LORD / LUKE 2:11
  78. A MANGER / LUKE 2:6-7
  79. HOLINESS AND RIGHTEOUSNESS / LUKE 1:68-75
  80. FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT / LUKE 1:67
  81. GOD MY SAVIOR / LUKE 1:46-47
  82. AS YOU HAVE SAID / LUKE 1:38
  83. THE HOLY ONE / LUKE 1:34-35
  84. HIS FATHER DAVID / LUKE 1:32-33
  85. YOU WHO ARE HIGHLY FAVORED / LUKE 1:28
  86. PLEDGED TO BE MARRIED / LUKE 1:26-27
  87. SPIRIT AND POWER OF ELIJAH – THE FATHERS TO THEIR CHILDREN / LUKE 1:17
  88. FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT – WINE … FERMENTED DRINK / LUKE 1:15
  89. DIVISION OF ABIJAH … DESCENDANT OF AARON / LUKE 1:5
  90. BEATEN WITH FEW BLOWS / LUKE 12:47-48
  91. YOUR ENEMIES … ENCIRCLE YOU /LUKE 19:43
  92. SAW THE CITY, HE WEPT / LUKE 19:41
  93. THIS WOMAN … SATAN HAS KEPT BOUND / LUKE 13:16
  94. THE LORD’S GREAT SORROW / LUKE 13:34
  95. GUIDED BY GRACE HOME

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