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.
Luke 12:1-3 NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION (NIV)
Hypocrite
Someone who says one thing but does another
There is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, or hidden that will not be made known.
Luke 12:2 (NIV)
These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.
Matthew 15:8 (NIV)
Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of the bones of the dead and everything unclean. In the same way, on the outside you appear to people as righteous but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.
Matthew 23:27-28 (NIV)
Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves. Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the Lord God as he was walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and they hid from the Lord God among the trees of the garden. But the Lord God called to the man, ‘Where are you?’ He answered, ‘I heard you in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid.
Genesis 3:7-10 (NIV)
Do we have the courage to take off the masks, and let Jesus transform us from two-faced to true-faced?
OUT OF HIDING (Steffany Gretzinger )
“Come out of hiding, you’re safe here with me / There’s no need to cover what I already see / You’ve got your reasons, but I hold your peace / You’ve been on lockdown and I hold the key / ‘Cause I loved you before you knew it was love / And I saw it all, still, I chose the cross / And you were the one that I was thinking of when I rose from the grave / Now rid of the shackles, my victory is yours / I tore the veil for you to come close / There’s no reason to stand at a distance anymore, you’re not far from home.”