19 April 2026 - Martin McCrory - Hypocrisy in the Church

The secret to victory over hypocrisy is in the secret place. You must have an unshakable confidence that the father sees. Abraham had that confidence. He is our father of faith, and he laid down his son with full confidence. And then he he said he called that mount the the lord would provide, Yahweh Jireh, the lord himself provides. And god's or god will see to it. And, of course, the pure in heart will see god. Our immunity to the infection of hypocrisy is cultivated by finding our highest joy in pleasing our father by seeking his honor and the honor that comes from him alone. We must be open to correction so that we don't become stiff necked. [01:44:57] (47 seconds)  #SecretPlaceVictory

First fruits puts god first. That's how it is. It's first. You are first in my life, and I express that through the way that I handle my money. Ananias and Sapphira were saying, first us, then the lord. And they wanted to be first. And the nature of hypocrisy is that the person wants to be recognized as superior or better or first, and first place belongs to god. You see? I don't know if you know this, dear friends, but this is the bell that is rung on the on the beginning of creation, [01:14:13] (40 seconds)  #FirstFruitsFirst

Hypocrisy is dishonest dishonesty. Give me a moment with my notes. It's living a lie. We know the commandment. You shall not bear false witness. It's one of the top 10. Hypocrisy is a sin which is exposed by our lord as no other because it corrupts the conscience, averting holiness in life. Can we get that? This is a targeted mission of Christ to get after hypocrisy because it corrupts a life with a lie that breaches conscience and conscience that can no longer present holiness to the lord. [01:29:37] (35 seconds)  #HypocrisyCorrupts

Be careful of trying to get your reward from men. Even in our work, it says work as unto the lord knowing it's from the lord you receive your reward and not from men. So it's alright. You get paid and you should be. A laborer is worthy of their wage, but the reward is the lord's. We work for his reward. We work for his recognition. And then it speaks of the father. And how does it speak of the father in Matthew six? Repeatedly, how does it speak of the father? The father who is in secret is the one who sees in secret and the one who will reward you. And I believe that there is the key for us to avert this trap and this lure and this snare and this temptation towards hypocrisy. [01:39:50] (50 seconds)  #WorkForGodsReward

So my point is this then, that I believe that the judgment fell on Ananias and Sapphira because of a breach of honor that belonged to god alone. And in the process of that judgment, judgment, I don't believe they were condemned along with the world, and neither do I believe that they were unsaved because Paul writes about this man who delivered him over for destruction so that his soul may be saved. Yes? If you have a habit and you are in a bondage of hypocrisy, I feel sad for you as a believer, but you may well want to do do do repentance with that sin because that sin can be very costly. [01:27:38] (40 seconds)  #RepentFromHypocrisy

We could say they withhold money, but I want to contend this morning that they were withholding honor from god. Do you see that? And sometimes we need to be careful in the way that we handle our money as believers. I have to say this because I'm not I'm I'm saying to you, this is a lesson for us. It's written here, and we have to be sure that we bring full honor to god in the way we bring our gift. Do you see that? [01:13:10] (29 seconds)  #HonorGodWithGifts

It's like, I don't bring my tithe to God when I bring 10 2% of the 10%. It's not my tithe, and neither is it a practice run for the tithe. The full honor is the Lord's when we bring our full 10% to the Lord. The bible says in Proverbs three verse nine and ten, honor the Lord from the first fruits of all of your increase. Right? So there is an there is a priority. Guys, this is so important. [01:13:39] (34 seconds)  #HonorFromFirstFruits

I don't give a rip about what you think. You know? You don't you don't do that you don't do that kind of thing because we have these graces from the holy spirit that give us love and joy and peace and gentleness and goodness and mercy and self control and faithfulness. Is that right? So we are called to bear this fruit before people and release the fragrance of of Christ. And and and so just going to the side of saying, well, I don't care about what people think is disrespecting them. [01:08:39] (35 seconds)  #FragranceOfChrist