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Hypocrisy

Have you ever looked at things that others have done in the past and thought to yourself, If that were me, I never would have done what those people did! However, if we are honest with ourselves, we may not do the exact things that others do, but we often behave in similar ways, repeating the same mistakes while, perhaps, blinding ourselves willfully to what we are really doing. This is the principle Jesus Himself addressed when He said: " 'Hypocrite! First remove the plank from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye' " (Matt. 7:5, NKJV).

Read Matthew 23:30-35. What important but painful point is Jesus making here? What warning might we need to take from His words?

There is a sense in these verses that Jesus hated the behavior of the Pharisees because their hypocrisy was made even worse by a determined refusal to change. Jesus had had enough of the religion of the Pharisees. He was finished with spiritual elites in long flowing robes who were little more than whitewashed tombs filled with the bones of the dead (Matt. 23:27-28). They would not confess or forsake their sins, even when the sins were pointed out to them, even when Jesus again and again gave them a chance to repent and be saved.

In His dealing with these men, no wonder Jesus would call them "Hypocrites"! The line often went like this: " 'Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!' " (see Matt. 23:14-15, 23, 25, 27).

Their lives were, indeed, characterized by saying one thing while doing another. Such was their approach to the prophets. They thought, for instance, that by beautifying the tombs of the prophets, they were honoring the faith; but in the important things, such as repenting at the words of the prophets, they refused to do so. Instead, they wanted to be associated with the power and pathos of the prophets, but not the content of their messages. In burnishing the tombs and sepulchers of God's servants, they reasoned to themselves that they would never have shed the blood of God's messengers. Yet, at that very time they were planning the murder of someone much more than a prophet—the Messiah Himself.

How do we make sure that in principle, we don't do the same thing: outwardly acting religious while inside being full of rebellion and greed and hate?

The Gift of Prophecy — Now Hear This! — Destroying the Message: Part 2

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Destroying the Message: Part 2

The human responses to the gift of prophecy can take many forms. In the case of Moses, the children of Israel fell into open rebellion against Moses and Aaron, driven by fear of the foes whom they would encounter when trying to enter the Promised Land. Years later, King Jehoiakim burned God's message in hopes of destroying God's prophetic word.

These, however, were not isolated cases by any means. The history of ancient Israel and Judah was, with rare exceptions, one of rejecting the prophets.

Read 2 Chronicles 36:15-16. How did the nation of Judah respond to messages sent by God to them through His prophets? How did God eventually react to Judah's behavior?

Jeremiah's prophetic ministry spanned the reigns of Josiah, Jehoahaz, Jehoiakim, Jehoiachin, and Zedekiah. The kingdom of Babylon, led by Nebuchadnezzar, was now at Judah's door. The prophecies of Jeremiah were all but fulfilled when a 21-year-old named Zedekiah came to the throne (2 Chron. 36:11). The Bible says, "He did evil in the sight of the Lord his God, and did not humble himself before Jeremiah the prophet, who spoke from the mouth of the Lord" (2 Chron. 36:12, NKJV).

Notice how Jeremiah's prophetic gift is described. He is seen as speaking out of the very mouth of God. Nevertheless, Zedekiah did not humble himself before the prophet. And yet Jeremiah, who was only a man, a sinner like all the rest of us, was a representative of the Lord, on whose behalf he spoke.

Jeremiah was one among many in that role. For centuries, God had been sending prophets to His people (Exod. 3:15, Ps. 105:26, Mal. 3:1, Isa. 6:8, Jer. 25:4, Matt. 11:13, Luke 11:49, etc.), not willing "that any should perish but that all should come to repentance" (2 Pet. 3:9, NKJV). This history of ancient Israel and Judah is the story of God's ceaseless attempts to reach His backsliding people with His promises of salvation, if only they would repent.

But at this late hour in Judah's history, the grace extended by God to Judah through the guidance and comfort of Jeremiah's prophetic voice was met, not with humility, faith, and repentance, but with laughter, mockery, and derision.

They mocked the messengers of God, despised God's words, and scoffed at His prophets. Surely, we today would never do anything like that—or would we?

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Downey Adventist Church Sermon

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Peacemaker series

by Chris Famisaran

07 November 2026

www.downeychurch.org

Online sermon notes: https://bit.ly/4ekT38K

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