Hell is for Hypocrites

Ever hear someone say, "I don't go to church because I can't stand all those hypocrites?"

When I was going to church I had to find some way to defend that accusation...

"But MY church isn't like that..." [Yeah, right]

"God will judge you based on what you do, not what they do..." [mmm hmmm]

Lame.

Now I have a much better, Biblical response.

When someone says, "I can't stand all those hypocrites."

Here's what I say:

"Good! Because Jesus can't stand them either. In fact, hell is for hypocrites!"

Usually their eyes get real big and they say, "I've never heard that before."

See, there's another side of Jesus that most people don't know about.

That's because what most people know about Jesus comes from church, and church doesn't talk about this side of Jesus.

So I say, "Of course you haven't heard about it - but it's right there in the Bible."

And they say, "Show me."

And I tell them to get a Bible, turn to Matthew 23, and listen to this message:

WOE TO YOU HYPOCRITES!
http://theschoolofchrist.org/mp3/the-book-of-matthew/

(Scroll all the way down to the bottom of the page for this message.)

I'm just glad Jesus said these things; if I said them I might be accused of being negative and divisive.



I am your brother,


Chip Brogden
http://TheSchoolOfChrist.Org

PO Box 552, Canandaigua, NY 14424, USA