“Blessed is the one whose transgressions are
forgiven, whose sins are covered. Blessed is the one whose sin the Lord does not count against them and in
whose spirit is no deceit.”
Good morning Zebras,
People say they don’t go to church because it’s
full of hypocrites, recently I heard someone respond, “That’s true and if you
come, there will be one more.” But Biblically
that is scary and wrong.
A hypocrite as defined in the Bible is someone
who is pretending, an actor, someone whose heart is not enlightened to the
truth of Jesus Christ but likes to act as if it is. And according to Nave’s Topical Bible it is
who Paul was referring to when he wrote:
2 Timothy 3:1–5 (ESV) But understand this, that in the
last days there will come times of difficulty. For people will be lovers of self, lovers of
money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful,
unholy, heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not
loving good, treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure
rather than lovers of God, having the appearance of godliness, but denying its
power. Avoid such people.
Hopefully that doesn’t describe the church,
or us.
Struggling with sin and failing doesn’t make a
person a hypocrite. It makes them a sinful
human saved by grace who often falls short of the mark of perfection God has
set for His people. A mark set to show us that we will never be perfect and to
remind us that we are sinners in need of a savior. It should also make us warm
and loving to others who are struggling.
People came to Jesus to be healed. Now they should be able to come to His
church.None of us are perfect, everyone stumbles over something but God’s grace covers it, enabling us to forgive others and ourselves.
Love,
Jill
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