Hypocrisy is the gap between what people see and the real me. This message was given on May 24, 2015 at New City Church in Calgary by Pastor John Ferguson. For more info visit: www.newcitychurch.ca

1. The Importance of Character
in an Age of Image
The Gospel of Luke 12:1-3
image: Bart

2. God Gives Us His Words of Eternal Life
Luke 12:1-3
Found on page 871 in our guest Bibles.
Today’s Scripture:

3. “What customers love the world
over…is how they can buy into
aspirational quality products.”
~ CEO

4. Is there a
gap between
what people
see and the
real me
?

5. The Importance of Character
in an Age of Image
The Gospel of Luke 12:1-3

6. 1 In the meantime, when so many thou-
Luke 12:1-3
sands of people had gathered together
that they were trampling one another,
he began to say to his disciples first,
“Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees,
which is hypocrisy….”

7. “You hypocrites! Well
did Isaiah prophesy
of you when he said,
‘This people honors
me with their lips but
their heart is far from
me….’”~ Jesus of Nazareth in
Matthew 15:8-9

8. We spend too much precious
time and energy managing
perception and creating carefully
edited versions of ourselves
to show to the world.
“
”~ Brené Brown

9. The gap between
the public me &
the private me.
Hypocrisy

10. “The heart is deceitful
above all things…”
~ Jeremiah 17:9

11. “First we deceive
ourselves, and then
we convince ourselves
that we are deceiving
ourselves.”

13. “Whether we like it or not,
the term ‘hypocritical’ has
become fused to young
people’s experience with
Christians. Eighty-five
percent of young outsiders
have had sufficient exposure
to Christians and churches
that they conclude present-
day Christianity is
hypocritical.”

14. 2 Nothing is covered up that will not
Luke 12:1-3
be revealed, or hidden that will not be
known. Therefore whatever you have
said in the dark shall be heard in the
light, and what you have whispered in
private rooms shall be proclaimed on
the housetops.

15. “God will bring every
deed into judgment,
with every secret
thing, whether good
or evil.”
~ Ecclesiastes 12:14

16. Hypocrisy is the gap between
what people see and the real me.

17. “I was afraid because
I was naked,
and I hid myself.”
~ Genesis 3

18. “Whoever conceals
his transgression
will not prosper, but
he who confesses
and forsakes them
obtains mercy.” ~ Proverbs 28:13

19. “…[we] are
walking scandals
waiting to
happen….”

20. Ask the Question:
What do I not see
about the real me?

21. flickr images courtesy of:
Bart: https://www.flickr.com/photos/cayusa/3674865362/
Used by permission: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/