BY
LUCKY EYIS AMIWERO
THE RELIGIONIST HYPOCRITE AND FALSE TEACHERS
LUCKY EYIS AMIWERO
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MATTHEW 23:15
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15)Woe unto you, Scribes
and Pharisees, hypocrite! For
ye compass sea and land to
make one proselyte, and
when he in made, ye make
him twofold more the child
of hell than yourselves
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FALSE RELIGION IS HEAVY
BURDEN OF LOADS
False religion is a religion of
heavy burden or loads, JESUS
said the false religious
teachers impose heavy
burden upon men, which lack
mercy
*The false teachers use
rules, regulations, rituals,
observances and men
tradition which became more
important
* The False teachers exercise
undue authority, lording over
people, insisting that
tradition and rituals and
other man made burden or
load be kept.
*They deny and take away
GOD’S word, living man to
stumble around.
*The false teachers impose
the rules upon others, but
not upon themselves, they
are hypocrites
*False religion is a religion of
show and display, as they
change their appearance,
dress, and clothing to draw
attention to themselves
False teachers don’t show
mercy; they will not help
those who need help, they
know little of love and mercy
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MATTHEW 23:15
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15)Woe unto you, Scribes
and Pharisees, hypocrite! For
ye compass sea and land to
make one proselyte, and
when he in made, ye make
him twofold more the child
of hell than yourselves
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FALSE TEACHERS WITH
FALSE EVANGELISM
False religionist are
missionaries who doubled
the corruption of new
follower:
False religionist seeks
converts
False religionist is very
Zealous in evangelism; they
brave the world to make a
single convert.
But there were problems
with the zeal of these false
religions:
They were missionaries of a
false religion, they were not
reaching people for GOD, but
for a man-made religion,
they are not bringing people
to a personal relationship
with GOD but to their own
idea of religion.
They were willing to go
anyplace, they travelled
worldwide to reach just one
convert.
They take away GOD’S
revelation from the word by
man’s doctrine and their
covetousness.
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MATTHEW 23:25
RELATED CHAPTERS
MATTHEW 2:35
MATTHEW 15:19-20
PROVERBS 4:23
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25)Woe unto you, scribes
and Pharisees, hypocrites!
for ye make clean the outside
of the cup and of the platter,
but within they are full of
extortion and excess
26)Thou blind Pharisees
cleanse first that which is
within the cup and platter,
that the outside of them may
be clean also
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YE MAKE THE OUTSIDE
CLEAN
JESUS said false religionist
are blind to real cleanness
thus the LORD explain that
the religionist is more
concerned of external
ceremonialism, rituals,
programs, building, they are
more concerned about the
out side.
The inward/inside of the cup
is dirty, the inside is not seen
seen by men, which is their
mind/heart
ARE FULL OF EXTORTION
AND EXCESS
They were full of extortion
and greed and selfishness,
robbery, lusting, : selfishness
and greed following security,
position, influence, attention,
recognition.
They held selfish greed and
excessive desire within, living
self centered lives
The false religionist are blind
to real internal religion, they
don’t know that it is a man
heart that changes behavior,
which is determine by the
heart, it is not the
environment and education
that change the evil inside a
man, it is GOD that changes
the heart of the man and
man will be clean out side
also.,
He will live justly and
mercifully toward all men,
doing what he can to build
the right environment and
opportunity to all men.
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MATTHEW 23:27
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27)Woe unto you, scribes
and Pharisees, Hypocrites!
for ye are like unto whited
sepulchers, which indeed
appear beautiful outward,
but are within full of dead
men’s bones
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THE FALSE RELIGIONIST
OUTWARD APPEARANCE
AND INWARD
The great wrong with the
false religionist is outwardly
he appears righteous: but
inwardly, he is full of
hypocrisy and wickedness:
*Outwardly the religionist
will attend church regularly, ,
profess religion, and work
humbly, but inward/ heart is
full with wickedness inside
and
FULL OF DEAD MAN’S BONE
The religionist heart is full
with corruption, worms and
rottenness , defiling ,
disgusting.
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MATTHEW 23:28
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28)Even so ye also outwardly
appear righteous unto men,
but within ye are full of
hypocrisy and and iniquity
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FALSE RELIGION OF
OUTWARD APPEARANCE OF
RIGHTEOUS:
False religion is the most
beautiful and deadly among
men, which lead to eternal
death by boosting and
assurance of a sense:
v Of confidence in
being religious
v Of Security in being
religious
v Of acceptability of
being religious
v Of pride in being
religious
v Of righteousness in
being religious
The False appear righteous
before men, vain glory, titles,
position, and their heart is
full of sin and hypocrisy
They are like beautiful and
attractive outside, their heart
were full of pride, lust,
wickedness and corruption
hidden inside
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MATTHEW 23:32
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32)Fill ye up the measure of
your fathers
33)Ye serpents ye
generation of vipers, how can
ye escape the damnation of
hell?
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YE SERPENT GENERATION
OF VIPERS
The false religionist
pretending to be religious
and very much devoted to
GOD and being secretly evil
at heart , with all pretentious
they are filled with evil
designs as the serpent,
wickedness,, deceit
The false religionist will
never escape the damnation
of hell.
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MATTHEW 24:24
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24)For there shall arise false
CHRISTS, and False prophets,
and shall show great signs
and wonder; insomuch that,
if it were possible, they shall
deceive the very elect
25)Behold, I have told you
before
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FALSE CHRIST AND
PROPHETS SHALL SHOW
GREAT SIGN;
The False religionist will be
deliverer who will show great
signs miracles, they point to
signs of miracles that will
threaten the believer, they
pretend to work miracles,
which appears as” Magicians
and sorcerers, which some
time resemble true miracles
as is difficult to detect the
imposture, so much so, that
they persuade even the true
Christian.
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MARK 4:24
RELATED CHAPTERS
MATHEW 7:7-8
2 TIMOTHY 2:15
1 PETER 2:2-3
ACT 17:11,27
PROVERBS 23:23
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24)And he said unto them
take heed what ye hear; with
what measure ye mate, it
shall be measured to you;
and unto you that hear shall
more be given
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AND HE SAID UNTO THEM
TAKE HEED WHAT YOU
HEAR:
Take care, considered
carefully, pay attention
make sure you hear the
truth, JESUS is still talking
about the responsibility of
the hearer; the hearer is
responsible to hearing the
truth.
The believer is responsible
for what he hears and how
he interpret and understand
what is being said, a believer
must be responsible for
making sure that he has the
truth, that he possesses and
known the truth, he is
responsibility for what he
hears , possess, and knows
TAKE HEED OF WHAT YOU
HEAR
If a man if filled with JUNK,
he is responsible for the
JUNK, if he is filled with the
knowledge of the real truth,
then he is responsible for the
truth
A man is responsible of what
he fills his heart and mind
with, A man is to pay
attention, keep guard , watch
and make sure he hear the
truth.
JESUS said man must make
sure he pays attention that
he hears the truth, the
measure of which man gives
himself to know the truth
determines his reward, the
energy, effort, and degree of
commitment, the time
though, the time and depth
of thought- all that a person
gives to know the truth
determines the reward
GOD expects a man to seek
after the truth, he abhors
laziness, and ignorance, he
holds a man responsible to
hearing the truth.
A man is to be judged for
what he has heard, he is to
pay attention to consider
carefully, to govern what he
hears, he is to give himself to
hear the truth.
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MARK 12:38-40
RELATED CHAPTER
MATHEW 23:12
JOHN 5:44
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38)And he said unto them in
his doctrine, beware of the
scribes, which love to go in
long clothing, and love
salutations in the market
places,
39)And the Chief seats in the
Synagogues, and the
uppermost rooms at feasts
40)Which devour widows’
houses, and for a pretense
make long, prayers; these
shall receive greater
damnation
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BEWARE OF THE
RELIGIONIST
Beware, displaying oneself in
the marketplace was and
beware of showing oneself in
the marketplace, position
upper room, front , a place
where a person is seen and
can attract attention, the
club, the school.
Dressing and using titles to
draw attention to oneself
pride high place to be seen,
beware of greetings and
titles that exalt man.
The religionist love title that
is great and exalt them with
honor.
The religionist, professing to
believe in GOD, some used
the guise of religion to steal
from widows and the weak,
they use their false image to
promote their selfish ideas of
extortion
Prayers; beware of long
prayers to show piety, there
are two prominent sins and
dangers with lengthy and
publicly for attention
Ø To sound good
Ø To demonstrate their
language skill
Ø To show their
devotion to GOD
Ø To impress people
The religionist pretense with
long prayer , take advantage
of their helpless conditions of
the weaker being for money.
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LUKE 6:46
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46)And why call ye me,
LORD, LORD, and do not the
things which I say
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OBEDIENCE DOING WHAT
JESUS SAYS
If a person wish to be
follower of JESUS CHRIST that
person must do what JESUS
says word is not enough ,
those who call him LORD
LORD but don’t do what he
says:
Which refers to spoken
words, praise of mouth,
word is not enough but to do
what he says, obedience to
the word of GOD, is only way
to be accepted by GOD, is the
things JESUS CHRIST says.
JESUS questions
disobedience and disloyalty,
he rebukes and warns
anyone who calls him LORD
and does not do what he
says, JESUS expects loyalty
and due allegiance from all
who call him LORD and must
do what he says.
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LUKE 12:1
RELATED CHAPTERS
MATHEW 15:7-9
MATHEW 16:12
MATHEW 23:13
MATHEW 23:28
LUKE 12:41-43
LUKE 12:56-57
ROMAN 16:17-18
1 TIMOTHY 4:1-2
TITUS1:16
COL. 2:8
HEBREW 13:9
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1)In the mean time, when
there were gathered to
gather an innumerable
multitude of people,
insomuch that they trode
one upon another, he began
to say unto his disciples first
of all, beware ye of the
leaven of the Pharisees,
which is hypocrisy
2)For there is nothing
covered, that shall not be
revealed; neither hid, that
shall not be known
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BEWARE OF THE DOCTRINE
OF FALSE TEACHERS
Avoid the Hypocrisy of the
false teacher’s doctrine we
must as believer
The religionist is guilty of
hypocrisy that is saying one
thing and doing another,
they claim to be followers of
GOD, to lead men to GOD
through their ceremonial and
ritual worship
The believers were the ones
in particular who were to
fear hypocrisy ,because they
were to teachers of
righteousness, they are to
proclaim the truth and live
the truth
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