#77 Luke 12:1-3 Guarding Against Hypocrisy

On June 26, 2022 by Amy Burgin

Joy:
Episode #77 Luke 12:1-3

Welcome

Amy:
Welcome to The Christgazing Podcast. We are so glad you’re here. I’m Amy Burgin.

Joy:
I’m Joy Burgin.

Amy:
If you’re anything like us, you desire to fix your eyes on Jesus amid the distractions and troubles of this world. This podcast makes room for us to do just that. Each week we focus on one passage from the Bible by reading it several times and creating stillness after each reading so we might also be still, listen, and know God more.

We are in a series that takes us through the book of Luke.

Pour Out Your Heart to God

Amy:
Before I read today’s passage, take a minute to pour out your heart to God. Maybe you have a list of questions for which you need answers, or a heart filled with grief, anger, anxiety, desire, gratitude, joy, or a mix of all these things and more. Whatever is on your mind, name it and bring it to God in the next minute. [Pause and pour out your heart to God]

What Does This Passage Say About God?

Joy:
I’m going to read today’s passage two times. As I read, consider the question, what does this tell us about God?

Luke 12:1-3 Meanwhile, when a crowd of many thousands had gathered, so that they were trampling on one another, Jesus began to speak first to his disciples, saying: “Be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. There is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, or hidden that will not be made known. What you have said in the dark will be heard in the daylight, and what you have whispered in the ear in the inner rooms will be proclaimed from the roofs.

Again?

Take a minute to be still and know what this says about God.

[Pause and know]

What Does This Passage Say About People?

Joy:
As I reread the passage, consider a different question. What does this tell us about people?

Take the next few moments to answer the question, what does this passage tell you about people?

[Pause and know]

Lord, What Would You Have Me Know Or Do Today?

Joy:
As I read for the last time, ask God, “Lord, what would you have me know or do today in response to this passage?

Take the next minute to ask God, “Lord, what would you have me know or do today in response to this passage?”

[Pause and listen]

Blessing

Joy:
Christgazer, the Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face shine upon you and be gracious to you; the Lord turn his face toward you and give you peace. And may you turn your face toward Jesus today and receive his guidance and love.

One Response

Amy:
A bread recipe calls for six cups of flour and only 1 tablespoon of yeast. That’s a flour to yeast ratio of 96 to 1. A tiny amount of yeast works through the whole batch of dough.

So it is with hypocrisy, behavior that contradicts what one claims to believe or feel. It seems Jesus is telling us that hypocrisy is highly contagious and we should be on guard against it.

How can we be on guard against it?

It seems Jesus is telling me to examine that which I say in private. Would I be OK if what I said in private was proclaimed from the rooftops? If not, perhaps I am a hypocrit.

God is no hypocrit. He confesses his love and backs it up with death on a cross. For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only son, that whosoever should believe in Him, shall not perish, but have everlasting life (John 3:16).

Closing

Amy:
Joy and I will be back again next week to go Christgazing together. Until then, don’t forget, when you put your trust in Christ, you are one in whom he dwells and delights, a dearly loved child of God. You are royalty in his strong and unshakeable kingdom. Though trouble abounds, Christ prevails, and so do you.