Will The Real _________ ___________ Stand Up?
Do you ever feel like you wear a mask in church and in the workplace or at school? Do you take off your mask when you're at home? Are you afraid to get close to people because you feel like they might see the real you? This is something known in the bible as hypocrisy. Hypocrisy means "the practice of claiming to have moral standards or beliefs to which one's own behavior does not conform." Many people probably wouldn't think of themselves as a hypocrite, but if we uphold biblical standards of how a christian should act in the workplace, etc, but we're a different person at home, then we're being a hypocrite. Are we supposed to feel justified in letting out all the stress from our day on our family or roommate? Certainly no. In 1 Peter 1:22 it reads, "Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently." Unfeigned means genuine and fervent means enthusiastically. Why do we withhold this from our family sometimes? Are they not worthy of our genuine love as well?
Now will the real ____________ ____________ stand up? This should be the one who has a genuine love for the brethren and someone who does not love in just word, but in action, as well in the workplace, at school, at home, yes, at home. May the real you be striving to love and actively searching for ways to meet the needs of others no matter where you're at.
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