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1 | Thomas Watson on Hypocrisy | Ps 119:80 | DocTrinsograce | 140519 | ||
Excerpt from "A Reproof to Such as are Only Pretenders to Godliness" by Thomas Watson (1603-1684) Question: When is a man under the dominion and power of hypocrisy? Answer: There are two signs of its predominance: (i) A squint eye, when one serves God for sinister ends. (ii) A good eye, when there is some sin dear to a man, which he cannot part with. These two are as clear signs of a hypocrite as any I know. Oh, let us take David's candle and lantern, and search for this leaven, and burn it before the Lord. Christian, if you mourn for hypocrisy, yet find this sin so potent that you cannot get the mastery of it, go to Christ. Beg of Him that He would exercise His kingly office in your soul, that He would subdue this sin, and put it under the yoke. Beg of Christ to exercise His spiritual surgery upon you. Desire Him to lance your heart and cut out the rotten flesh, and that He would apply the medicine of his blood to heal you of your hypocrisy. Say that prayer of David often: 'Let my heart be sound in thy statutes.' 'Lord, let me be anything rather than a hypocrite.' Two hearts will exclude from one heaven. |
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2 | Thomas Watson on Hypocrisy | Ps 119:80 | CDBJ | 140523 | ||
Greetings Doc, The word hypocrites, as I have been lead to understand it, came to us from a theatrical word, spoken by the Athenian Greeks and later carried over to the Koine Greek. The word originated as a result of the actors speaking on stage at such a distance that the mood of the actor couldn’t be distinguished from a long distance; so, in order to express the mood the actor would wear a wax mask to convey the mood of the moment; one of smiling, happy, or frowning, the sad face; and thus the word, hupokrites, or speaking from behind the wax mask. The two expressions of mood are still used today as the symbol of the theater. This was also something that I picked up from Pastor Bob Thieme. Have a great day, CDBJ |
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3 | Thomas Watson on Hypocrisy | Ps 119:80 | DocTrinsograce | 140528 | ||
Interesting insights on the etymology of the word "hypocrisy." Thank you! | ||||||