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[Justmehere]

Does anyone struggle with hypocritical Christians?

Jesus did. Well, he called the religious hypocrites of his day the Jewish term for spawn of satan. (“brood of vipers.”)
(Bible Gateway passage: Matthew 23 - New International Version)

 

[VioletButterfly]

Colossians 3:12-14. Blessings and patience. VB

 

[Changing4Best]

Yes, I have dealt with some hypocritical ones too. I am sorry you are going through this, @EveHarrington . Hopefully your father will eventually come to his senses and be the father to you that he should be. In the meantime, I hope it is OK if we pray for things to improve.

 

[Mach123]

Does anyone struggle with hypocritical Christians?

Ok so here’s the story in a nutshell.

My dad married a new woman who has an extreme jealousy problem. It’s so bad that she won’t let him have a father/daughter relationship with me. He’s not even ALLOWED to see me for lunch anymore. Anyway, the last time I saw him and every time I have to deal with him, he tells me he’s praying for me (like there’s some wrong with me). They act like such great Christians, especially her, but WTF is this crap about keeping him from his family?!?!? A GOOD CHRISTIAN WOMAN DOESNT DESTROY A FAMILY!

Argh.

This happened in my dad's family and is part of the beginning of all the trauma. I'm really sympathetic. I had a stepson of my own. It's a really awful ugly subject. : ( Saying "I'm sorry" is so meaningless. I am though. It's awful.

 

[Mach123]

This is the first Christmas in IDK how many years and I didn't go to church. We didn't. I never talk about it with anyone anymore except my wife. I don't have a crisis in my faith I just can't go to the church we've been so long. I don't want to talk about them because I actually hate them. I was just reading @EveHarrington saying "a good Christian woman etc." Being a Christian is not a cure for sin sadly. All Christians are hypocrites and this is the rub or the hardest part of the whole thing to figure out. Paul (st. Paul to some of you) said "Things I want to do I don't. What I don't want to do, that's what I do."

So I'm unchurched, which I wanted for years. But now I can't go to church. Church is easy to go now if you don't mind that they don't believe in God. lol

Thanks and merry Christmas. I don't want to talk about it!

 

[The Albatross]

Blessings to all this Christmas eve. Faith is my shield and though I walk fallibly in the way, I am far more with Christ and through Christ than I was on my own. I continue to beat prognosises, expectations/predictions because I believe. Hope was the spark that pulled me up enough to get off the mat and walk. He did indeed "light the darkness" in my life so to God be the glory. I am not healed, but I am better than the sum of my parts. It is one of the three legs of my recovery.

P.S. I am not "a good Christian woman" in the manner or way it is expected by others. It is though perceptual and personal. I fall short frequently and daily.... it is more the endeavoring to become and grow and change than the pinnacle peak/end result.

 

[Changing4Best]

Do You Attend Church? If So, How Often?? (Just curious). [Why or why not, optional].

 

[Changing4Best]

Church was especially nice today. The pastor spoke about Love and plans to speak about it for the next 2 Sundays too. 1st Corinthians 13 is one of my favorite chapters in the Bible, but actually, today she spoke on another subject, about Him loving us FIRST, while we were yet sinners. One thing about this pastor's sermons, they are usually very memorable. I cannot say that about every pastor I have heard speak. I am happy to say it about this one though. She spoke about how MUCH God loves us and warmed my heart.

 

[HealingInProcess]

Church was especially nice today. The pastor spoke about Love and plans to speak about it for the next 2 Sundays too. 1st Corinthians 13 is one of my favorite chapters in the Bible, but actually, today she spoke on another subject, about Him loving us FIRST, while we were yet sinners. One thing about this pastor's sermons, they are usually very memorable. I cannot say that about every pastor I have heard speak. I am happy to say it about this one though. She spoke about how MUCH God loves us and warmed my heart.

Unchurched. Tried many churches and I think few if any of the church leaders would be people I would want to take counsel from. This is sad and doesn't help my isolation but God knows I tried. I really, really tried. I don't want to say the Devil has completely taken over the churches but he's got a very, very strong presence these days.

As to Christians being hypocrites yes I am but Christ is not about me it's about Christ. I appreciate that many people know someone that ruined Christianiy for them and I hear that but they can still look into Christianity on their own and see what they think. We should not look at Christians but Christ.

By yeah the church is so corrupt as a whole it's ridiculous. I didn't think it was this bad but it's really bad.

 

[HealingInProcess]

Unchurched. Tried many churches and I think few if any of the church leaders would be people I would want to take counsel from. This is sad and doesn't help my isolation but God knows I tried. I really, really tried. I don't want to say the Devil has completely taken over the churches but he's got a very, very strong presence these days.

As to Christians being hypocrites yes I am but Christ is not about me it's about Christ. I appreciate that many people know someone that ruined Christianiy for them and I hear that but they can still look into Christianity on their own and see what they think. We should not look at Christians but Christ.

By yeah the church is so corrupt as a whole it's ridiculous. I didn't think it was this bad but it's really bad.

I just pray for spiritual discernment for all of us and may Christ have mercy on us all.

 

[Changing4Best]

I don't have any experience with my church (The Methodist Church) in my town being corrupt. Far from it! We donate to the poor and to projects that help the needy. We have a meal once a week for everyone in town, not just our members. Everyone there is a very welcoming person! So please don't speak of evil being present in "ALL CHURCHES" because it is not that way for all of us. You may have just come into contact with several unpleasant ones. It can happen. I went church shopping before, and it took me awhile to find this one. It is a gem. It was worth the struggle to find it. I'm glad I stuck it out. @HealingInProcess

 

[HealingInProcess]

I don't have any experience with my church (The Methodist Church) in my town being corrupt. Far from it! We donate to the poor and to projects that help the needy. We have a meal once a week for everyone in town, not just our members. Everyone there is a very welcoming person! So please don't speak of evil being present in "ALL CHURCHES" because it is not that way for all of us. You may have just come into contact with several unpleasant ones. It can happen. I went church shopping before, and it took me awhile to find this one. It is a gem. It was worth the struggle to find it. I'm glad I stuck it out. @HealingInProcess

You are correct and I was being hyperbolic. I've just had some bad experiences with church leadership. It wasn't so much the members but parts of the leadership who I wonder whether they were actually Christians at all. One preacher gave a sermon basically saying you shouldn't forgive yourself. I'm like what? Others cursed and disrespected their priesthood and responsibility. I think there's genuine Christians in the churches obviously but they might be being misled by some of these preachers.