9781638443926_EPUB by Unknown

Author:Unknown
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-01-13T00:00:00+00:00

In the King James Version of the Bible, the word hypocrite is mentioned thirty-one times. Throughout Jesus’s ministry, we hear the compassion in his words and see it in His actions. Jesus forgave people of their sins and did not judge them for sinful lives. In John chapter 8, a woman is caught in adultery and the teachers of religious law sought to stone her. They attempted to persuade Jesus into condemning her actions. Jesus answered them, “All right, but let the one who has never sinned throw the first stone!” (John 8:7). All of the accusers (teachers of religious law) shrunk back and left the area. Then Jesus stood up again and said to the woman, “Where are your accusers? Didn’t even one of them condemn you?” “No Lord,” she said. And Jesus said, “Neither do I. Go and sin no more” (John 8:10–11). However, when it came to hypocritical leaders, Jesus did not hold back from calling them out. Jesus forgives a person’s sins and mistakes with compassion, but to be a hypocritical leader, Jesus jarringly rebukes this behavior.

Leaders are in a unique position, they are held to higher standards of expectation by those they lead, and they should be. A leader is in a place that often requires the judgment of others. God’s Word warns leaders about judging as a hypocrite.

You may think you can condemn such people, but you are just as bad, and you have no excuse! When you say they are wicked and should be punished, you are condemning yourself, for you who judge others do these very same things. (Romans 2:1)

Since you judge others for doing these things, why do you think you can avoid God’s judgment when you do the same things? (Romans 2:3)

Making judgments is part of everyday life for a leader. At times we are professionally obligated to judge those we lead; this can present hypocritical dilemmas. When you have an accused person that requires judgment, and you know you have performed a similar wrongful action in your past (but were not caught or found out), what do you do without being hypocritical in your judgment? You cannot judge and condemn others for the same infractions you got away with in the past without being a hypocrite.

Our organization was deployed into the California desert to work jointly with other US government organizations in combatting illegal drugs from entering the United States along its southern border. Whenever we were “deployed,” there was an order of no alcohol consumption. Within our organization was a group of people whose support role was vital to our operational success. This group of people worked long, hard hours every day of the week. Following two weeks of nonstop operations, our organization’s senior leader authorized this group of support personnel to have twenty-four hours of “downtime.” Unfortunately, this group of people took this to mean they could go downtown and have a beer or two. They were found in a local bar establishment by a “courtesy patrol” of leaders charged with checking such locations to enforce the no alcohol consumption order.

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