Authenticity and hypocrisy are stark opposites.  They are anti matter composites that clash and seek to vanquish each other on the world stage.  If my actions, my behaviors and my beliefs do not specifically coincide then I have chosen the side of ambiguity and hypocrisy.  If I have chosen to “damn the torpedoes” and plow ahead no matter the chaff, flack or poll-baited feedback then I am standing firmly on the side of living out my philosophy.

Let us be cautious and remember that just because someone is authentic does not make them good for we all may in deed be living real for the sake of evil.  However, direct combat against those living declared for evil is much easier then sorting out those who have another face, and may be living in our midst.  That is why our enemies will always choose deception, for they must blend amongst us in hopes that God will allow them to root not wishing that in pulling them out of their grounding he takes with them a handful of those destined for righteousness in eternity.  That is why hypocrisy is the true enemy of the righteous man and why the Lord Jesus Christ acted so responsively to its presence.  For if we see hypocrisy in the church we may be assured that those who serve the enemy of God have weaseled themselves to nest among the branches in the mustard tree of the faithful.  For God’s enemy is the father of lies and deception seeking to bring those who might be led astray into dangerous thinking and subsequent sins against God.

Just yesterday a young man came to me riddled with health and mental ailment.  His obvious physical pain was eclipsed by the emotional and spiritual turmoil evident through his eyes.  Seeing a pentagram dangling from his neck chain I asked him what he believed and he said that he was a “spiritualist” and then corrected himself saying he was a wicken.  My heart went out to him in love, for this man and his pain is not my enemy, but rather the demonic spirits who have contorted him in disbelief.  I asked what led him to this choice and before he spoke I thoroughly expected his response.  He said the hypocrisy, back biting and judgement of the church.  As he spoke I begged God for forgiveness of myself, my brothers and sisters for allowing our position as the bride of Christ to be poisoned by such monstrosities.  I asked him to forgive us for this was not what the Lord intended for the redeemed.  As I told him that our true intention was love for him, even in his most sinful moment, a tear took shape at the event horizon of his spirit.  After speaking with him the Holy Spirit directed me to speak about the importance of absolute truth.  This he understood and actually said the following, and I am poorly paraphrasing, ” the wicken do not judge me and they let me be me so I can pursue God”.  I asked him if I might pray for him and he wept as I prayed for God’s revelation in his mind and spirit and that God might see in His will to heal him in mind, body and spirit.  I told him that I was able to love him because God first loved me at my absolute worst, at that moment when I could not even love myself, for who could love a man full of sin and unrighteousness?  Then I answered that question by saying, God alone can love us at that moment and that is why I love God and I love you, because he has never left me from that moment until now.

We know that the Bible clearly states that we will never end the hypocrisy in the church, for it is a thing which will only be done through judgment, and that belongs to Christ Jesus.  However, I may recognize, elucidate and speak out against hypocrisy within the church for this is the King’s position and I am called in mimicry to do the same.  Let us learn that hypocrisy within the body is evidence of the presence of evil.  Let us pray and fast, declaring this territory in the name of Lord Jesus Christ, banishing the fallen from our midst through the power of the Blood of the Lamb.  For in these evil days, knowing that God’s enemies are masters of deception and then turning a blind eye to the evidence of its existence within our own ranks is absolute foolishness.  Since we are the vessels of the Holy Spirit and thus wielders of wisdom and truth, we cannot stand idly while God’s enemies stand in God’s House uncontested.  For we are the restrainers of evil in this world until the Lord calls us homeward.  Let us do our job and be authentic in defense of righteousness and truth by speaking out against hypocrisy and loving through the power of God’s Almighty Grace.  In Jesus’ Name.