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Question: What would you say

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to a lost person who says

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the reason I'm not a Christian

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is because there's so many [br]hypocrites in the church?

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Clint: Well, I would say to that person

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what they're calling the church is wrong.

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I would say to that person,

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what you're calling the church

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is not the true church.

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It might be a religious organization.

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It might be a denominational gathering.

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It might be some religious institution,

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but it's not the true church.

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The true church of the Bible

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is not populated with hypocrites.

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That's not to say that a true Christian,

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a true believer can't [br]be caught in hypocrisy.

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Peter - when he denied the Lord Jesus,

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that was an act of hypocrisy.

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He had said earlier, [br]"Thou art the Christ."

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You're the Christ. [br]The Son of the living God.

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Jesus confirmed that statement

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and said He would build His church on it.

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And then later you have Peter

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caught in an act of hypocrisy

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denying the Lord Jesus Christ.

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That's an act, but [br]Peter was not a hypocrite

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in his lifestyle.

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There's a big distinction there.

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Later on in Galatians 2,

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you have the Apostle [br]Paul confronting Peter

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over an act of hypocrisy

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that had the tendency [br]to lead others astray.

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But Peter was not living [br]a life of hypocrisy.

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So the true church is not [br]populated by hypocrites.

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The local church, local denomination,

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or some religious institution -

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that might be the case.

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So first I would counter [br]with that thought.

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What you're calling the [br]church isn't the true church.

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And then I would say secondly

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to that individual, [br]you're not being honest.

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The reason you're not a Christian

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is not because of something[br]somebody else is doing.

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That's just an excuse.

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The reason that you're not a Christian

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is because you don't [br]want to submit to God.

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That's everyone's problem.

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They're proud.

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They don't want to bow the knee to God.

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They don't want to yield to free grace.

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They don't want to receive

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from the hand of someone else salvation.

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They want to earn it on their own.

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They want to love their sin.

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They want to keep their sin.

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They don't want God on His terms.

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That's why they're not a Christian.

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So I guess that's how [br]I would approach that.

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