• easy to be judgmental about movie stars’ foibles
• realize co-workers may out-shine us
• being hasty in conclusions about others can lead to
embarrassment when wrong
HYPOCRISY: CAPITALIZING ON A DELAYED PENALTY
• referee’s delay no excuse to suppose can get away
with even more
• God’s kindness / tolerance / patience should lead
us to repent, not store up more wrath
• grid of me : God / now : then
• hypocrisy an especially devilish / deceptive sin
• even most illustrious rabbis guilty of adultery
• hypocrites in the church diminish God’s honour
amongst outsiders
MAKING THE CUT
• realize that Jesus Christ is the impossible standard
• understand God’s kindness leads you toward
repentance
• start seeking God’s goals for your life
• with the Spirit’s help, circumcise your heart
• go beyond hearing to doing / obedience