Consistency Is The Opposite Of Hypocrisy

I fear that much of what takes place today in name of worship is little more than the lip service offered by the Pharisees. Jesus rebuked the Pharisees: "You hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy of you, when he said: "This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me; in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men"(Matt 15:7-9).

If we are to be true worshippers, worshiping in spirit and in truth, then we should examine ourselves and our worship to see that the two are consistent. Someone once said that more people lie in church on Sunday during the singing of the hymns than any other time during the week. That statement may not be far from true as we sing songs like, "I surrender all," yet in truth we have surrendered very little.

I submit to you that no action can please God. Only action accompanied by a right heart. We may give of our time, our resources, and our money, but if we do so with the wrong motives then we still fail to please God.

If our lives are consistent with our words and our worship, then we will have avoided hypocrisy.