galatians: starting over {yet again} the hypocrite
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Galatians:Starting Over {Yet Again}
The Hypocrite
"Too many hypocrites!"
All of us
All of us
- None of us can live up to allWe proclaim and aspire to
All of us
- Believers proclaim allegiance To a Perfect Word…
All of us
We are all hypocrites
All of us
We are all hypocrites
Intentional or Unintentional…Makes all the difference
Intentional…I hide who I am and Pretend I'm something else
When caught, I deny orRationalize, justify, blameshift
Christ is disgracedThe Holy Spirit is grieved
God's Name has been takenIn vain
Unintentional…I never proclaim to be perfect
I also don't justify or rationalizeWhen I fall, I humbly confess
And it shows my need for JesusGlorifies my God
And tells people that Jesus is atWork forgiving and growing me
Jesus was grieved byIntentional Hypocrisy
Unintentional hypocrisyPoints to Jesus as the Perfect One and Forgiver
When I walk closely with GodWhat grieves my heart is a
Reflection of what grieves his
What grieves God Will grieve me
What causes God joy Will cause me joy
My reactions become a mirror Of my King
There is a Call on your lifeRight where you are
Right now
Ministers of reconciliation
The greatest evidenceOf the Gospel
Is your changed life
With the Call comesWell-intentioned Dragons
And Hypocrites
To neuter the messageNo joy…no faith…no evidence
When I walk closely with GodWhat grieves my heart is a
Reflection of what grieves his
But when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his
face, because he stood condemned
What would causeA no-account, late arrival
To stand toe-to-toe With the guy who kicked-offThe church of Jesus Christ?
He was grieved, angered, upsetBecause Peter was mocking
The Gospel of Jesus
By his actions
When I walk closely with GodWhat grieves my heart is a
Reflection of what grieves his
There's a difference betweenBeing a Christian who
Knows stuff
And one who walks Closely with Jesus
"I'm upset. I'll take a stand, then pray for God to support me"
"God's Spirit is grieved within me. I'll stand where God stands"
When I walk closely with GodWhat grieves my heart is a
Reflection of what grieves his
For before certain men came from James, he was eating with the Gentiles
…but when they came he drew back and separated himself, fearing the circumcision party
Rank HypocrisyLiving for opinions of men
Showing favoritism
Fear of man…
The suit…
And Jesus wants more for usThan having to pretend
In order to gain approvalFrom sinners just like us
Following Jesus never affects Just me, right?
- Fruit of the Spirit - God directing me, wisdom- Obeying as he leads
That's the problem with sin- it NEVER affects just me
Even if it does, it doesn't
Even if it does, it doesn't
- Fruit of the Flesh - Decision-making and wisdom - Missing God-led opportunities
How we walkAlways affects the people
We are in relationship with
Check it: And the rest of the Jews (Jewish Christians) acted hypocritically along with him, so that even Barnabas was led astray by their hypocrisy
Intentional HypocrisyTo earn approval of men
- Public- Disgraceful
Black in white America…
Black in white America…
Finally started to trust
Black in white America…
Finally started to trustActing like they don't know you
Paul is grievedAnd emboldened
Even though it's Peter
But when I saw that their conduct was not in step with the truth of the gospelI said to Cephas before them all…
…not in step with The truth of the gospel
Level ground= equalJesus alone= righteousness
How we live= integrityHypocrisy= damages the gospel
“If you, though a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you force the Gentiles to live like Jews?”
Outed…Why didn't he take him aside?
- Nature of the sin- How far it spread
Paul is grieved. Because…
When we walk closely with GodWhat grieves our heart is a
Reflection of what grieves his
Paul takes it to PeterNot to a bunch of others
But to the sourceGreat example of something that I absolutely…
Terms:
Jews by birth- with the LawGentile Sinners- without Law
We ourselves are Jews by birth and not Gentile sinners; yet we
know that a person is not justified by works of the law…
…but through faith in Jesus Christ, so we also have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law
…because by works of the law no one will be justified
But if, in our endeavor to be justified in Christ, we too were found to be sinners, is Christ then a servant of sin? Certainly not!
We aren't Gentile sinners(People who don't follow Law)
But now we aren't under LawSo did Jesus make us "sinners"?
For if I rebuild what I tore down, I prove myself to be a transgressor
If I go back to Law, PeterI prove my own hypocrisy & sin
For through the law I died to the law, so that I might live to God
Fulfilled in Christ
I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me
I died to the LawBecause I died to self
Which also means…I don't need
The approval of man
Nor do I have to fear manOr man's organizations
And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me
But I do fear God…and love him
I do not nullify the grace of God, for if righteousness were
through the law, then Christ died for no purpose
- Gal. 2:12-21
God doesn't demandYour perfection
He becomes your perfectionAnd dies on a cross for your sinTo set you free from hypocrisy
Identity in Christ
Only Jesus is PerfectI am in Christ
He is my Perfection and myForgiveness when I stumble
I don't have to Play the hypocriteTo please people
No matter who they are
Hypocrisy grieves the Heart Of God
And it should grieve ours
"So let's all judgeThe hypocrites!"
My own hypocrisy shouldGrieve my heart most
Let's Pray…
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