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In what ways have you seen hypocrisy in the church negatively impact the church’s witness to the world? What do you feel is the best way to eliminate hypocrisy in the church?
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When I first gave my life to Christ and started going to Church, soon after I realized some of the same problems I had with people in the world were the same problems I had with people in the Church. I remember being so discouraged and was ready to leave Church altogether, but God spoke into my spirit and said ” don’t judge Me for what people do”. That really helped me throughout the years to keep my eyes on God who is faithful in all things.
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I see a lot of Christians live with the knowledge of but not live for him, so we live imperfect lives but we expect Christians to be perfect
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True. Perhaps the church needs to launch campaigns that promise to discuss the problem of hypocrisy in the church, invite nonChristians to share their experiences, then explain to nonbelievers that the church is not a place for perfect people. Rather it is a place where people’s natures have been changed, but the journey to perfection has only begun!
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Gossip. No matter what church I have attended over the years, the gossip is always rampant though it. I just don’t partake. It if hard. After all, juicy stories are so entertaining but they are very hurtful and harmful.
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Man’s desire to ‘run the show’, to stay in control, keeping everything organized, structured not leaving any room for others to contribute to the cause and most importantly it seems not allowing Holy Spirit to have His Way in the church.
I believe that leaders would be more effective in their witness to the church ND the world if they would deny the flesh and set their eyes, ambitions, focus on God’s Kingdom. -
I saw an internal power struggle for our church when I was about 8 years old. One family wanted to boot out the pastor and take over. The husband even threatened to “kill” the pastor. Ultimately the church splintered and became two churches. The splinter took to arguing and fell apart shortly thereafter. It was a negative impact that has flavor how I approach churches for the past 50 years. There is no way to eliminate hypocrisy, at least in our unresurrected state. We can however limit the impacts of hypocrisy by living to the standards that Paul proposed. We are not perfect, and cannot get there, but we can dedicate our lives to living them for the Lord.
