Hypocrite.Hypocrite.Hypocrite.

Before you jump to conclusions, i would just like to say that this post isn't going to be about me badmouthing someone. I don't do that, cause.... i dont know i generally dont believe in writing about people that way on the internet. I find it rude and useless. Because firstly, if its a problem, you dont have to let everyone know about it and secondly, nothing beats Personal confrontation. Saves everyone from all the heartache. But that's just me. I guess you could call it personal preference.

Anyways, disclaimers aside (haha yes that was a disclaimer.. well sorta) I just wanted to share some thoughts about hypocrisy.

I think the issue most accused of, of humans, and by humans, is that we are hypocrites.
And i know in particular, christians tend to get slammed a lot for this.
Here's the controversial part: I, actually agree that yes christians are hypocritical, just like everyone else. We are but only all humans. Mere mortals.

To me, hypocrisy is simply the most concrete evidence of how much people need God.
So yes, christians can at times be hypocritical, because just like everyone else, we too need God.
Everyone generally desires to do good, but whether we achieve it or not is another thing altogether.
The fact that our intentions do not match our actions just goes to show our inadequacies as humans because of our fallen nature and how much we need God to change that part of us.

As Paul puts it in Romans 7,

^{" 18} I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my sinful nature. For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out.

¹⁹ For what I do is not the good I want to do; no, the evil I do not want to do— this I keep on doing."

I believe that the World will be in a much better state if Everyone could just be a little more understanding and realise the reality of ourselves: that we are flawed, broken, messed-up and in total need of a God who can and will make it all right if we let Him.
Instead of all the finger pointing, and the blaming, realise the reality of how each one of us is as guilty as the person next to us. Everyone is a hypocrite, because everyone is inadequate.

On the other hand, i am not trying to justify the wrong things we do by simply saying, "oh because i am fallen, it legitimizes the wrongs that i commit".
No, this is what you call, abuse of grace.
And its a no-no.
All i am saying is that, if we look at the core of the problem of hypocrisy, right at the crux of the matter, we'll find a heart sincere but unable to do what is right because of our fallen human nature. And this in itself is an expression of how much we need God.