Christian hypocrisy
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Well said and very true . Some to a higher or lessor degree than others.Every person in the world is a hypocrite to some degree, unless of course they are either in a coma or mute!Anyone who claims otherwise is both a hypocrite and a liar!
No one, including Christians, is required to live up to anyone else's expectations, especially yours.
The only non-hypocrites are the dead. Everyone dies, therefore everyone can change.
Of course you aren't. That's because you aren't a follower of Christ. That's what this thread is about.
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!! You're looking for more "holidays"- gotta be careful what you wish for.
There's a new one...................don't believe I've used it in that context!
Your point being............................
So how do you deal with your hypocrisy?
The rest of the chapter is ever more damning (literally). You just quoted the part where he says good people are rewarded.
In the next few lines, the same idea is repeated in reverse.
41“Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. 42 For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, 43 I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.’
44 “They also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?’
45 “He will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.’
46 “Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life.”
If you do not do these things you will be punished forever.
Why go through the theological debate? If you believe, you can do all the rhetorical hoop jumping you want to convince people on the internet that you are not a hypocrite, so you can go on living satisfied that your treatment of others won't come back to you. But Jesus is pretty clear in the Matthew 25. It is unequivocal. You will have to answer to your god.
On judgment day, when all those good Christians who refused to help the refugees are standing in front of their god, he will look at them and say, in a stern voice, "bailiff! whack his pee pee!".
"Imagine a scenario where a churchgoer is on a business trip with a few of his work buddies. Let’s call him Jim. His buddies decide one night, after a hard day of negotiations, to hit up the local strip club and down a few beers. What is the right response for Jim? Admittedly, he’s in a rough spot.
On the one hand, he could succumb to peer pressure and decide to go along. After all, he doesn’t want to offend them or come across as a Jesus freak, would he? But the problem is, he has just undermined the gospel and any possible platform he might have to share the message in the future. If a month from now, Jim is alone with one of his work friends and brings Jesus up, that friend might be thinking about Jim’s behavior that night at the strip club. His friends might think to themselves, “There’s no difference between Christians and us except we get to save our time and money on Sundays.”
On the other hand, if Jim declines the invitation, he might face added pressure. “Why not, come on man!” This is where he needs a lot of discernment and tact. Jim has to communicate that he doesn’t agree morally to such activities without coming across as pious or overly judgmental. This is an extremely hard line to walk, and most will fail miserably. (It’s probably a lose-lose anyway, practically speaking.) If he condemns the activity too hard, he adds to the stereotype that Christians are condescending and judgmental. If he’s too soft, he’s not standing up for his beliefs and is perhaps being ashamed of the gospel."
No brainer- just announce to the boys you have an excruciating case of lovers' nuts and that you are going to your room to rest.