Hypocrisy…saying one thing and doing the opposite.
Be real. Keep it real. Pretending to be something that you are not, never works. People will see right through it and if you say you are a Christian, well let’s just say others will find you fake and assume that others proclaiming to be are also.
Is the Church full of hypocrisy? Absolutely…but God loves us in spite of our failings but He never condones it…never.
If we are truly interested in bringing others to Christ we need to hold up Jesus and His perfect life given up for us. We need to live our lives in truth not pretending to be something that we are not so that others will be drawn to HIs true righteousness not ours. There is no one righteous but God!
The Greek word used here, leaven, refers to fermented dough that was mixed in with new dough and used as a rising agent. The small amount used in baking would permeate the entire batch of new dough. Leaven serves as an apt metaphor to describe the widespread effects of the Pharisees’ hypocritical teachings and actions. Faithlife Bible.
Practicing hypocrisy is senseless because eventually all deeds—both good and evil—will be exposed. All secrets will be revealed by God. NKJ Bible.
Luke 12:1–3 (NKJV)
12 In the meantime, when an innumerable multitude of people had gathered together, so that they trampled one another, He began to say to His disciples first of all, “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. 2 For there is nothing covered that will not be revealed, nor hidden that will not be known. 3 Therefore whatever you have spoken in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have spoken in the ear in inner rooms will be proclaimed on the housetops.
Matthew 10:26 (NKJV)
26 Therefore do not fear them. For there is nothing covered that will not be revealed, and hidden that will not be known.
Matthew 23:28 (NKJV)
28 Even so you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.
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