31 Aug '09 01:48>1 edit
Originally posted by ThinkOfOneIf I preach that certain activity are sins and tell people to flee these sins but I practice those sins, then I am a hypocrite. However, I may have commited those sins or may slip up in the future and repented and still preach the same, I am not a hypocrite. Now as to whether I am a hypocrite, that is between me and my God.
It's about judging the sins of homosexuals more harshly than you do your own sins. You allow yourself your own sins and do not ban yourself from membership and/or leadership on that account. This is hypocrisy as Jesus points out. When Jesus points this out, He does not make a distinction between "open" and "hidden" sins. For that matter, unless homosexual ...[text shortened]... of the congregation, however "open" you think it is, is purely speculation on your part.
Now as far as being in a position of authority, people tend to adopt the morality of those in authority over them. Therefore, if I openly embrace sin without remorse or even a hint of repentance, then I am promoting that acitivty to those that look up to me. So not only is this between me and my God, it is also between me and my Christian brethren.