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Hypocrisy: Inner Man v. Outward Appearance

Bill Fix
09/06/15 - Sun AM

Introduction

  • Mt. 23:27-28
  • Hypocrisy definition
  1. Current Examples of Hypocrisy
    1. Ashley Madison users
      • “Life is short. Have an affair.”
      • Personal info of more than 35-40 million users published.
      • At least 400 preachers/pastors on the list.
    2. Racist comments by celebrities – Donald Sterling, Hulk Hogan
    3. Allegations against Bill Cosby
    4. Prof. Lund – “Confessions of a Sociopath”
    5. Others
  2. Patrick Bateman
    1. Disclaimer—Reference book/movie that includes graphic images, dark material, sex, violence
    2. Book originally boycotted by NOW (how-to novel on torture and dismemberment of women)
    3. Outside—Works on Wall Street and seems to have it all.
    4. Inside—Dissatisfied with life.
      • Passion only for music, fashion, reservations, physical appearance.
      • Serial killer.
      • “I have all the characteristics of a human being: flesh, blood, skin, hair.But not a single, clear, identifiable emotion, except for greed and disgust.”
    5. Dichotomy
      • Desire to “Fit in”.
      • Longing for escape, but no one cares.
      • Drops hints at true character (“murders & executions”, Ed Gein & Ted Bundy stories)
      • “There is an idea of a Patrick Bateman, some kind of abstraction, but there is no real me—only an entity, something illusory.And though I can hide my cold gaze, and you can shake my hand and feel flesh gripping yours, and maybe you can even sense our lifestyles are probably comparable, I simply am not there.”
  3. Christians
    1. Hypocrites
      • Rom. 12:1-2
      • 1 Tim. 4:12
      • Mt. 23:2-4
    2. Heart
      • 1 Sam. 16:7
      • Prov. 23:7
      • Mt. 15:17-20
      • Mt. 23:26
    3. Middle Ground
      • Lk. 16:13
      • 1 Jn. 2:15
      • 1 Jn. 1:5-6

Conclusion

            American Psycho:  Inside doesn’t matter. (p. 397)

            God:  Inside is all there is.

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