Sermon Title: "Hypocrisy and the Mission of God"
Sermon Text: Luke 12:1-12
Preacher: Dr. Mike Chandler
Date: August 11, 2024
Guidance for God's people from Luke 12:1-12:
1. Be on guard against hypocrisy, for it only grows and time reveals all things. (v.12:1-3)
Lest His disciples fear hypocrites in seats of power, Jesus teaches them:
2. Do not fear other sinners, for they are powerless. (v.12:4)
3. Fear God alone, for He cherishes you. (v.12:5-7)
Lest His disciples allow fear to silence them, Jesus charges them:
4. Testify about me as | will testify about you. (v.12:8-9)
5. People will resist me, and some will reject me. (v.12:10)
6. Trust me for the words to say when you feel the threat of persecution. (v.12:11-12)
Biblical Text:
Luke 12:1-12
In the meantime, when so many thousands of the people had gathered together that they were trampling one another, he began to say to his disciples first, "Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. Nothing is covered up that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known. Therefore whatever you have said in the dark shall be heard in the light, and what you have whispered in private rooms shall be proclaimed on the housetops. "I tell you, my friends, do not fear those who kill the body, and after that have nothing more that they can do. But I will warn you whom to fear: fear him who, after he has killed, has authority to cast into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him! Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? And not one of them is forgotten before God. Why, even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not; you are of more value than many sparrows. "And I tell you, everyone who acknowledges me before men, the Son of Man also will acknowledge before the angels of God,\ but the one who denies me before men will be denied before the angels of God. And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but the one who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven. And when they bring you before the synagogues and the rulers and the authorities, do not be anxious about how you should defend yourself or what you should say, for the Holy Spirit will teach you in that very hour what you ought to say."
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