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RE: What is a hypocrite? - 6/14/2008 7:43:57 AM
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Annie64
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Wow! Lots of good discussion! This was just a thing that bothered me, and it seems a lot of other people think about it, too.
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RE: What is a hypocrite? - 6/15/2008 3:37:33 AM
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SonInMe1
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Its funny to me to hear people call christians hypocrits...when they have no idea what a christian is. How can you call someone inconsistant in their beliefs when you don't know what thiose beliefs are?
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RE: What is a hypocrite? - 6/15/2008 8:47:41 AM
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It's usually because a person has been judged by someone who turns out to be a hypocrite. The Pastor of our church has a brother who had this woman jump all over him about the way he was living his life, I think about going out drinking and whatnot. Well, come to find out, she was having an adulterous affair. I think that she was supposed to be some kind of leader in the church as well, I'm not sure though. Either way, that effected his brother to the point that he doesn't attend a church anywhere now because of it. It does happen. But for these people who aren't grounded and rooted in Christ, it can be enough to turn them away forever. The devil will use that situation to become a root of all kinds of bondage in one's life.
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RE: What is a hypocrite? - 6/15/2008 8:55:06 AM
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SonInMe1
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I would guess WesleyGlenn, that happens when Jesus is not first in people's lives. Even...church...can be an idol.
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RE: What is a hypocrite? - 6/16/2008 8:36:08 AM
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JimboFletch
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It's usually because a person has been judged by someone who turns out to be a hypocrite. The Pastor of our church has a brother who had this woman jump all over him about the way he was living his life, I think about going out drinking and whatnot. Well, come to find out, she was having an adulterous affair. I think that she was supposed to be some kind of leader in the church as well, I'm not sure though. Either way, that effected his brother to the point that he doesn't attend a church anywhere now because of it. It does happen. But for these people who aren't grounded and rooted in Christ, it can be enough to turn them away forever. The devil will use that situation to become a root of all kinds of bondage in one's life.
That doesn't seem to be uncommon. I've found that the ones making the loudest noise about sin in another person's life usually is hiding something as bad or worse. I used to think that such people would keep quiet and avoid drawing any attention to themselves but, to my amazement, they usually pronounce the biggest condemnation. But when they are revealed, they expect to be treated special, unlike the way they were toward others in the same sin.
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RE: What is a hypocrite? - 6/16/2008 8:44:10 AM
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At the time the NT was written the greek hypocrates from where the english hypocrite comes from was the word for a stage actor. When used in the NT it is to indicate that someone is play-acting, pretending to be something they are not. While the english meaning may drift as the language evolves, how it was used in the NT has not drifted and that must be the definition we use.
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RE: What is a hypocrite? - 6/16/2008 2:45:32 PM
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I would say...anyone who claims perfection or sinlessness is a hypocrit.
I've never heard anyone do that, have you?
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RE: What is a hypocrite? - 6/16/2008 9:41:29 PM
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SonInMe1
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I've never heard anyone do that, have you?
Yes. Here. Often.
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