Sermons on Hypocrisy
A Story of Eternal Poverty (Luke 12:13-21)
Covetousness is a deceptively sneaky sin. It creeps in unannounced with potentially devastating consequences. Therefore, Jesus warns us to be on guard against all forms of covetousness. We would be wise to find our riches in God lest we enter into eternity and find our earthly possessions have left us eternally impoverished.
Hypocrisy Lies Close At Hand (Luke 12:1-12)
Jesus warns his disciples to beware the leaven of the Pharisees, because the temptation to hypocrisy is near. Rather than give in to the temptation to please the crowds, we ought live rightly before God and others, confessing our sins to God and to others that we might be healed.
The Pharisee Within (Luke 11:37-54)
Pharisees are an enigma. No one admits to being one but everybody seems to know who they are. Pharisees are never us, they are always someone else. But Jesus has a unique way of accurately assessing the human heart. We all need to hear the words of Jesus because in the end, perhaps we all have a little Pharisee in us. True repentance, that is, giving away our deepest sin…
