Mark 7:6
He [Jesus the Christ] responded,
“Well did Isaiah prophesy about you hypocrites, as it is written:
This people honors me with their lips,
but their hearts are far from me….”
Reading the New Testament makes evident how much our Lord hates hypocrites. See Luke 6:42, 12:56; Mark 7:6; and Matthew 6:2, 6:5-6, 6:16, 7:5, 15:7, 16:3, 23:13, 23:14, 23:23, 23:25, 23:27, 23:28, 23:33, 24:51,
The dictionary defines “hypocrite” as “a person who pretends to have virtues, moral or religious beliefs, principles, etc., that he or she does not actually possess, especially a person whose actions belie stated beliefs.”
Even worse are preachy hypocrites who “Do as I say, not as I do.”
In the coronavirus pandemic, so many prominent Democrats are shown to be hypocrites. While they preach to us — whom Katie Couric called “the great unwashed” — that we must wear masks, they themselves don’t.
The latest example is host of CBS late-night talk-show host Stephen Colbert.
On August 21, 2021, while thousands of Americans were (and many still are) trapped in Afghanistan, at the mercy of the brutal Taliban, Colbert was dancing maskless with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (NY-D). (Breitbart)
https://youtu.be/2pXYDM9y_qU?t=77
But it’s not just Democrats who are hypocrites.
We all are, if we say pretend to having a virtue, while saying one thing but doing another.
James 1:21-22
Humbly welcome the word that has been planted in you
and is able to save your souls.
Be doers of the word and not hearers only, deluding yourselves.
And may the peace and love of Jesus Christ our Lord be with you,
~E
Thank you Dr.E for this powerful and significant post. Clearly Our Lord stated his positions clearly and with great strength, warning the Pharisees that they were “like whitened sepulchers, full of dead men’s bones, ” because of their hypocrisy. What we do, our works, are important, not just words. St. Paul says to “Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.” St. James also emphatically said that faith without works, is dead. Jesus wants our hearts; if we do not give Him our hearts, our words and our works are meaningless. We love Jesus with all that we are, with all of our hearts, and then our words and works have purpose and meaning, asking God to do His will every day.