Jesus Never Called a Believer a Hypocrite Michael Edwards
The purpose of this study is to reveal the truth that God never called a believer a hypocrite no matter how badly they failed.
When Christians fail to act like Jesus, some unbelievers will call them hypocrites. Even Christians sometimes do this to other Christians who fall into sin.
God pointed out to me that when we see people called hypocrites in the Bible, and the fact that there will be no hypocrites in heaven, God is never addressing those who have placed their faith in Jesus. It is always speaking of self-righteous unbelievers, with one interesting exception I list below.
The reason God does not call believers hypocrites is because believers see themselves in the truth of God’s perfect moral standard and admit openly that they cannot keep it. By throwing themselves on God’s mercy and grace, believers are far from hypocritical. When they say they need a Savior, they are saying they see in truth how high God’s standard is, and they respect it as just.
On the other hand, non-believers—just like believers—know God’s perfect standard through their conscience, but instead of admitting they cannot keep it and turning to God for help, they like the Pharisee’s, portray themselves like they are good enough for God. They choose to justify themselves by comparing themselves to the outward appearance of others, even Christians. Always able to find someone whom they believe is worse no matter what their behavior may be, they declare themselves good enough for God.
“If God exists,” many say. They claim they do not need a savior to save them from their sins, just like the self-righteous (those who trust their own good works) Pharisees in Jesus’s time.
Jesus called the Pharisees white-washed tombs full of dead men’s bones…
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