Quotes about Hypocrisy

It is important to realize that a person with the gift of discernment can often tell the difference between what is of God and what is not. Such a person can often point out false teachings or false teachers—he has an almost uncanny ability to perceive hypocrisy, shallowness, deceit, or phoniness.

We talk out of both corners of our mouth at once. We say we are a Christian nation, but much of our literature, our social practices, our deep interests are not Christian at all. They are totally secular.

Integrity is the glue that holds our way of life together. What our young people want to see in their elders is integrity, honesty, truthfulness, and faith. What they hate most of all is hypocrisy and phoniness . . . Let them see us doing what we would like them to do.

Too many so-called Christians are like the little chameleon which adapts its coloration to that of its surroundings. Even a critical world is quick to recognize a real Christian and just as quick to detect a counterfeit.

Some Christians have an elastic conscience when it comes to their own foibles—and an ironbound conscience when it comes to the foibles of others.

Millions of professing Christians are only just that—"professing." They have never possessed Christ. They live lives characterized by the flesh.

Ask God to reveal hypocrisy in your life—an inconsistency between what you profess and what you practice. Then ask God to bring you so close to Christ that you won't have any desire to live an inconsistent, deceitful life.

Many Christians who profess Christ do not live as though they possess Him.

Just because a person claims to be a Christian does not necessarily mean that he is one.

Today our churches are filled, but how many are actually practicing Christianity in daily life?

We insult God by speaking to Him with our lips while our hearts are far from Him.

Going to church doesn't make you a Christian any more than standing in a garage makes you a car.