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I DON’T BELIEVE IN CHURCH
Part 1: Hypocrisy
April 11, 2021
(1 Timothy 3:14-15 NCV) I’m writing…so you’ll know how to live in the family of God. That family is the church.
A Christian without a _________
________ is a ___________________.
(Matthew 23:28 NLT) Outwardly you look like righteous people, but inwardly your hearts are filled with hypocrisy and lawlessness.
Why the Hypocrisy?
(Galatians 6:3) If anyone thinks they are something when they are not, they deceive themselves.
They don’t really _________ God.
(1 John 2:4) Whoever says, “I know him,” but does not do what he commands is a liar, and the truth is not in that person.
(Matthew 7:21) Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.
They don’t _________________ yet.
(1 Corinthians 3:1) I could not address you as people who live by the Spirit but as people who are still worldly – mere infants in Christ.
They _______ better but ____________ God.
(Luke 12:1 Msg) He said to them, “Watch yourselves carefully so you don’t get contaminated with Pharisee yeast, Pharisee phoniness.
They focus on ________________.
(Matthew 23:5 NLT) Everything they do is for show.
The hide behind ____________.
(Matthew 23:4 NLT) They crush people with unbearable religious demands and never lift a finger to ease the burden.
Prayerful Confrontation
(Luke 12:2) There is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed or hidden that will not be made known.
God, help me confront with the
goal of ______________.
(Galatians 6:1) Dear brothers and sisters, if another believer is overcome by some sin, you who are godly should gently and humbly help that person back onto the right path. And be careful not to fall into the same temptation yourself.
God, help me confront _____________.
(1 Corinthians 10:12) So, if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don’t fall!
Recognize when _____________________.
(Matthew 6:1-5) Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of others to be seen by them…when you give to the needy, do not announce it with trumpets, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by others…And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full.
(2 Samuel 12:7) Then Nathan said to David, “You are the man!”
Choose ______________ over hypocrisy.
(Acts 2:44 LB) All the believers met together constantly and shared everything with each other.
Operate by ________________________.
(Luke 15:17-18 NLT) “When he finally came to his senses, he said to himself, ‘At home even the hired servants have food enough to spare, and here I am dying of hunger! I will go home…
(Luke 15:28-29 GNT) The older brother was so angry that he would not go into the house; so his father came out and begged him to come in.