Where Hypocrisy Originates….

Hypocrisy runs deep within the human mind, so deep, it blinds us from seeing where hypocrisy originates (our own heart). No one gives hypocrisy away. One of the surest signs of hypocrisy is when someone asks a question directed at another person, at the same time they themselves are right there doing the exact same thing. The Pharisees questioned Jesus’ choice of company at a dinner party, in which they attended themselves. The fastest way to cure hypocrisy is to use the same standard you use to judge others, to be the standard you use to judge yourself. It’s called the righteousness of Christ. Jesus dined with sinners, He didn’t sin with sinners.

9 As Jesus was walking along, He saw a man named Matthew sitting at his tax collector’s booth. “Follow Me and be My disciple,” Jesus said to him. So Matthew got up and followed Him.10 Later, Matthew invited Jesus and His disciples to his home as dinner guests, along with many tax collectors and other disreputable sinners. 11 But when the Pharisees saw this, they asked His disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with such scum?”12 When Jesus heard this, He said, “Healthy people don’t need a doctor–sick people do.” 13 Then He added, “Now go and learn the meaning of this Scripture: ‘I want you to show mercy, not offer sacrifices.’ For I have come to call not those who think they are righteous, but those who know they are sinners.” Matthew 9:9-13