Hypocrisy What is hypocrisya hypocrite someone who plays

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|Hypocrisy| What is hypocrisy/a hypocrite? • someone who plays a part; • pretends to

|Hypocrisy| What is hypocrisy/a hypocrite? • someone who plays a part; • pretends to be what they are not; • says one thing and does another; • contradictory behavior; • inconsistency

|Hypocrisy| In what ways do we still fall into hypocrisy?

|Hypocrisy| In what ways do we still fall into hypocrisy?

Galatians 2: 11 -21 Confrontation | face to face | be clear about the

Galatians 2: 11 -21 Confrontation | face to face | be clear about the wrong | explaining the what and why | public vs. private

Galatians 2: 11 -21 Hypocrisy |The NT term carries with it the sense of

Galatians 2: 11 -21 Hypocrisy |The NT term carries with it the sense of wickedness, opposition to God and his truth, and even heresy or Godlessness |Peer pressure and people-pleasing |Deceives others and is personally deceived most of all

Galatians 2: 11 -21 Hypocrisy |To a hypocrite, the outside is more important than

Galatians 2: 11 -21 Hypocrisy |To a hypocrite, the outside is more important than the inside |Matthew 23: 28 In the same way, on the outside you appear to people as righteous but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.

Galatians 2: 11 -21 Hypocrisy |Matthew 23: 13 “Woe to you, teachers of the

Galatians 2: 11 -21 Hypocrisy |Matthew 23: 13 “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the door of the kingdom of heaven in people’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let those enter who are trying to.

Galatians 2: 11 -21 Hypocrisy |The reason Paul confronted Peter was for more than

Galatians 2: 11 -21 Hypocrisy |The reason Paul confronted Peter was for more than just inconsistencies |Peter’s actions affected the gospel message to those he was influencing (vs. 14 - ‘force’)

Galatians 2: 11 -21 Gospel truth | Hypocrisy was a charge against one’s conformity

Galatians 2: 11 -21 Gospel truth | Hypocrisy was a charge against one’s conformity to truth | Truth aletheia (al-ay'-thi-a) the manifested; the essence of matter; sincerity; unveiled reality as opposed to mere appearance; free from all falsehood

Galatians 2: 11 -21 Gospel truth |Truth is proclamation AND demonstration |He calls the

Galatians 2: 11 -21 Gospel truth |Truth is proclamation AND demonstration |He calls the truth of the Gospel, both the doctrine itself, and also the use of doctrine, or the application

Freedom! |Hypocrisy involves secrecy, progressively harder to hide |“A liar has to remember what

Freedom! |Hypocrisy involves secrecy, progressively harder to hide |“A liar has to remember what he said” |Hypocrites have to worry about being different with certain groups of people

Freedom! Freedom in consistency |Being consistent, you never have to get into character; instead

Freedom! Freedom in consistency |Being consistent, you never have to get into character; instead you live by character- God’s character (In Christ) |Consistency is measured by listening to God’s Word and to the Holy Spirit