Tomorrow we continue our 2025 'Strengthened' series with our 9th question... Why are there so many Christian Hypocrites? Sometimes Christians are hated for standing up for what's true and right... but all too often it seems like we see news stories - or have a personal experience - with someone who loudly claims to be a Christian... but then engages in terrible greed, deceit, or abuse. What's going on? It's understandable that people might wonder - 'if all this Jesus stuff is really true, then why are so many of His followers so terrible?'
Jesus and the Bible have help for us in addressing this very serious problem! In fact, some of the most severe condemnations in the Bible come directly from Jesus towards the hypocrites! How can we better understand this problem for our own lives... and how can we clearly and compassionately explain these Bible truths to skeptical people?
Jesus is calling us to be ready to give an answer... and then to live out that answer with our lives.