Minister’s Corner: Are you guilty of hypocrisy

By: DR. BRIAN DORE’
Member of the Ville Platte Ministerial Alliance

Hypocrisy can be defined as deliberate deception, trying to make people think we are more spiritual than we really are. A hypocrite is a person who is not himself on Sunday. Hypocrisy is the hiding of things you do, not because you were not supposed to do them, but because you would be ashamed to have them known where you are known. Now, the doing of them is foul, but the hiding of them, in order to appear better than you are, is fouler still.
Motive is everything in the sin of hypocrisy. We want to impress others, to make them think we are something that we know in our hearts were are not. It is lying!
I read a story about an answer a little boy gave to his mother when she asked, “What is a lie, honey?” He said, “Mother, a lie is an abomination to the Lord, but a very present help in times of need.” Lies are what hypocrisy is built upon.
You know, sin has many tools, but a lie is the handle which fits them all. Sin thrives in the soil of deceit and lies, but godliness only grows in the soil of the truth. Wherever you find salvation, you will find truth. There is no place in Christianity for deception. Having said that, examine your heart and determine if you are guilty of hypocrisy.