Sermon on the Mount: Hypocrites
Matthew 6v1-18
As Jesus teaches his disciples about life in the in-breaking Kingdom of Heaven, he warns them to avoid the empty righteousness of “the Scribe and Pharisee” – where good deeds are done for the purpose of being seen by others. This Jesus says, is hypocrisy. But what does Jesus mean by hypocrisy, how does it show up in modern day America, and what solution is Jesus proposing?