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A Little Pharisee Inside
Love Worth Finding
TODAY'S DAILY DEVOTIONAL
May 16, 2025
“Take heed that you do not do your charitable deeds before men, to be seen by them. Otherwise you have no reward from your Father in heaven. Therefore, when you do a charitable deed, do not sound a trumpet before you as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory from men. Assuredly, I say to you, they have their reward.”
MATTHEW 6:1-2
PONDER THIS
We all have to consider the level of hypocrisy in our lives. Is there a little Pharisee in you? Let me give you some questions to ask yourself: Have I ever failed to obey God because I wondered what other people would think about it? Do I ever serve God in a way that goes undetected, and I don’t tell anybody about it? Is my private life consistent with my public image? Am I wounded when others get credit for what I do? Have I ever, and do I ever, accept praise for things I’ve not done? Do I take credit when I know that credit is not there? If any of these are true, you have to admit, there’s a little Pharisee in you.
Then ask: Am I defeated and discouraged by the hypocrisy of another? Jesus knew there were hypocrites. One of the twelve apostles was a hypocrite. There always have been hypocrites. There always will be hypocrites. But no hypocrite on earth can keep me from serving Jesus. If you have reality in your heart, and you know God personally, then you know that while the hypocrite is wrong, Jesus is not wrong, and you know that you know Him and love Him.
In what ways do you relate to the Pharisees?
Why can we freely admit our hypocrisy before Jesus?
PRACTICE THIS
Confess to God the areas in which you struggle with hypocrisy and ask Him to help you grow in those areas.
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