Sermon Slide Deck: "The Importance of Character in an Age of Image" (Luke 12:1-3)
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The Importance of Character in an Age of Image
The Gospel of Luke 12:1-3image: Bart
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God Gives Us His Words of Eternal LifeLuke 12:1-3
Found on page 871 in our guest Bibles.
Today’s Scripture:
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“What customers love the world over…is how they can buy into aspirational quality products.”
~ CEO
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Is there a gap between what people see and the
real me?
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The Importance of Character in an Age of Image
The Gospel of Luke 12:1-3
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1 In the meantime, when so many thou-
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sands of people had gathered togetherthat they were trampling one another,he began to say to his disciples first,“Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees,which is hypocrisy….”
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“You hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy of you when he said, ‘This people honors me with their lips but their heart is far from
me….’” ~ Jesus of Nazareth in Matthew 15:8-9
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We spend too much precious time and energy managing
perception and creating carefully edited versions of ourselves
to show to the world.
“”~ Brené Brown
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The gap between the public me & the private me.
Hypocrisy
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“The heart is deceitful above all things…”
~ Jeremiah 17:9
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“First we deceive ourselves, and then
we convince ourselves that we are deceiving
ourselves.”
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“Whether we like it or not, the term ‘hypocritical’ has
become fused to young people’s experience with Christians. Eighty-five
percent of young outsiders have had sufficient exposure to Christians and churches
that they conclude present-day Christianity is
hypocritical.”
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2 Nothing is covered up that will not
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be revealed, or hidden that will not be known. Therefore whatever you have said in the dark shall be heard in the light, and what you have whispered inprivate rooms shall be proclaimed on the housetops.
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“God will bring every deed into judgment,
with every secret thing, whether good
or evil.”~ Ecclesiastes 12:14
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Hypocrisy is the gap between what people see and the real me.
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“I was afraid because
I was naked,
and I hid myself.”~ Genesis 3
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“Whoever conceals his transgression
will not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes them
obtains mercy.” ~ Proverbs 28:13
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“…[we] are walking scandals
waiting to happen….”
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Ask the Question:
What do I not see about the real me?
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