Hypocrisy

45 "Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom the master has put in charge of the servants in his household to give them their food at the proper time? 46 It will be good for that servant whose master finds him doing so when he returns. 47 Truly I tell you, he will put him in charge of all his possessions. 48 But suppose that servant is wicked and says to himself, 'My master is staying away a long time,' 49 and he then begins to beat his fellow servants and to eat and drink with drunkards. 50 The master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he is not aware of. 51 He will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Matthew 24:45-51


As I drove to the office this morning, I passed a sign on a local church which read: “If you love Jesus, then come on in”. I was taken back a bit by this message as it seemed a little hypocritical to me when you view it through the lens of who Jesus really is. You see, I believe that Jesus would want all people to walk through the doors of that church whether they loved Him or not. I mean, after all, His desire is for all to come to repentance isn’t it? Does He not love us and does He not show His unconditional love and saving grace, even when our hearts are not yet aligned with His perfect will and direction for our lives? Did He not die a horrible death on a cross in order that you and I could be free of the evil and bondage of this world which does indeed cause separation from God? It was not until Christ first loved us that we were even able to begin to understand what it means to love Him back. As we read here in this chapter, there will be a day when it is too late to accept His love and to begin living your life with abundance and purpose. Jesus will be back one day, and when that happens the bell will sound, the fat lady will sing and your time to accept this most incredible gift of love in your life will be over as Jesus will take His own back to paradise and you can read on as to what will happen to the rest. Don’t wait another day; start living your life for the King today!