O Jerusalem! Jerusalem!

He (Jesus) tells His disciples and the crowds as well – these other teachers have good content so follow what they say but DON’T follow how they live. And the NAME He gives to this problem is hypocrisy, the practice of saying the right thing but doing the wrong thing.
It’s a problem peculiar to people who have moral standards and spiritual convictions and values. When people don’t care… when people have no standards of conduct – those who are apathetic about climate change or homophobia or gender-equality or about immorality or heretical beliefs or drug abuse or sex trafficking – if you’re indifferent and totally selfish probably no one will accuse you of this problem.
This sickness only afflicts people with convictions and it doesn’t matter if those convictions are Right Wing and Traditional or Left Wing and Progressive – anyone intolerant of wrongs or sins or injustices – anyone who expresses values/beliefs RUNS THE RISK of this horrific, soul-depleting pandemic – hypocrisy.
And one group that’s especially famous for it is the CHURCH. “I don’t go to church because the church is full of _____________.” (And finally I am speaking to a sanctuary that is not full of hypocrites – there are only about 15 people here, only 15 hypocrites in the building and all those joining us from home!)
Let’s look at what Jesus Christ had to say to people with morals, spiritual people, like you AND ME!
1) It’s a Multi-Level Malady
2) With a Singular Solution
3) That Must Be Applied in a Regular Regimen