Beware of Hypocrisy: Dr. D.K. Olukoya’s devotional warns against pretense, using Acts 5:1-10 to highlight its grave consequences before God.


๐๐„๐–๐€๐‘๐„ ๐Ž๐… ๐‡๐˜๐๐Ž๐‚๐‘๐ˆ๐’๐˜

๐”ฝ๐•€โ„๐”ผ ๐•Šโ„‚โ„๐•€โ„™๐•‹๐•Œโ„๐”ผ: Acts 5:1-10

๐•„๐”ผ๐•„๐•†โ„๐• ๐•๐”ผโ„๐•Š๐”ผ:

Job 13:16 – “He also shall be my salvation: for an hypocrite shall not come before him.”

๐•„๐•†๐•‹๐•€๐•๐”ธ๐•‹๐•€๐•†โ„•๐”ธ๐•ƒ โ„š๐•Œ๐•†๐•‹๐”ผ๐•Š:

Hypocrisy is an evil leaven that contaminates the soul and makes the carrier an abomination to God.

โ„™โ„๐”ธ๐•€๐•Š๐”ผ & ๐•Ž๐•†โ„๐•Šโ„๐•€โ„™

โ„™โ„๐•†โ„™โ„๐”ผ๐•‹๐•€โ„‚ ๐•Ž๐•†โ„๐”ป ๐”ฝ๐•†โ„ ๐•‹๐•†๐”ป๐”ธ๐•:

๐™‡๐™š๐™ฉ ๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง๐™ฎ ๐™ก๐™š๐™–๐™ซ๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™๐™ฎ๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™˜๐™ง๐™ž๐™จ๐™ฎ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™ก๐™ž๐™›๐™š ๐™—๐™š ๐™ง๐™ค๐™–๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™™ ๐™—๐™ฎ ๐™›๐™ž๐™ง๐™š, ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ข๐™š ๐™ค๐™› ๐™…๐™š๐™จ๐™ช๐™จ.

๐•‹๐•™๐•– ๐•„๐”ผ๐•Š๐•Š๐”ธ๐”พ๐”ผ:

Hypocrisy is an evil leaven that contaminates the soul and makes the carrier an abomination to God. The English word Hypocrisy is from the Greek, hypocrisy which means acting on a stage. To play a role that is not real or natural by the actor. It also means to pretend to be what one is not. Therefore, a hypocrite is a pretender claiming to be what he is not. He is an actor assuming an unnatural role. Hypocrisy is a grievous sin against the Holy Spirit of God. The story of Ananias and Sapphira is a classic example of the insidious art of hypocrisy, the portrait of hypocrite, the grave consequences of hypocrisy and the demonstration of the grave displeasure of God towards any hypocritical act.

According to the account of today’s Fire Scripture, the Christian couple, Ananias and Sapphira, on their own volition, decided to sell their family landed property in order to bring the proceeds thereof to support the work of God, in the first century Church. Unfortunately, the old man hijacked their good intention. They pretended and lied that they declared the actual amount they sold their property. It would not have been counted against them if they had explained the situation as it really happened by saying, “Well we sold it for so much, but because of pressing family needs, we deducted a certain amount and have brought the remaining balance for the Church.” They rendered less and claimed that they rendered all. This falsehood was nothing but hypocrisy which was counted against them as lying to the Holy Spirit. Their tainted good intention brought sudden destruction upon them because it was spiced with the leaven of hypocrisy and served with the dish of pretence.

Beloved, hope you are not guilty of hypocritical lifestyle like Brother Ananias and Sister Sapphira. Are you reducing what you should have rendered to God in full measure and you are now claiming that you are giving your utmost?

โ„™โ„๐”ธ๐•๐”ผโ„ โ„™๐•†๐•€โ„•๐•‹๐•Š:

๐Œ๐Ž๐‘๐๐ˆ๐๐†

1. Blood of Jesus Christ purge my life of every leaven of hypocrisy, in the name of Jesus Christ.

2. My life will not cooperate with the enemy for destruction, in the name of Jesus Christ.

3. Every stronghold of the old-man in my life, scatter by fire, in the name of Jesus Christ.

๐„๐•๐„๐๐ˆ๐๐†

4. Manipulation from the pit of hell targeted at my spirit man, die in the name of Jesus Christ.

5. Every trap of darkness set against my soul, catch fire and burn to ashes, in the name of Jesus Christ.

6. My inner man receive fresh fire, in the name of Jesus Christ.

7. Glory of the Living God, overshadow my life, in the name of Jesus Christ.

๐™ˆ๐™Š๐™๐™‰๐™๐˜ผ๐™„๐™‰ ๐™๐™Š๐™‹ ๐™‡๐™„๐™๐™€ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜‹๐˜ณ. ๐˜‹.๐˜’ ๐˜–๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฐ๐˜บ๐˜ข (๐˜Ž๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜–๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ, ๐˜”๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜”๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜”๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ž๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ)

๐Œ๐Ž๐”๐๐“๐€๐ˆ๐ ๐“๐Ž๐ ๐‹๐ˆ๐…๐„ย  ๐ƒ๐€๐ˆ๐‹๐˜ ๐ƒ๐„๐•๐Ž๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐๐€๐‹

๐”น๐•€๐”น๐•ƒ๐”ผ ๐•€โ„• ๐•†โ„•๐”ผ ๐•๐”ผ๐”ธโ„:

Deuteronomy 32:28-52;

Luke 12:35-50;

Psalm 78:56-64;

Proverbs 12:24

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