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Hypocrisy             [Psalms 50]                             Adrin Gostick & Dana Telford's book "The Integrity: Advantage & Works" reveals the 10 characteristics of a faithful person.   The third of those 10 characteristics is that ‘Honestly admit when I make a mistake.’   Regarding this characteristic, the authors are saying these meaningful words: ‘The mistake is not a gross fault.   The really gross fault is the act of covering up that mistake’ (Internet).   But our nature is to try to cover up our mistakes.   In other words, it is our sinful nature to hide our sins.   That's why there seems to be a word “hypocrisy”.   What is hypocrisy?   The Hebrew meaning is ‘concealing one’s real character or motives’ or ‘the hypocrite’.   In the New Testament, it was originally us...

 “Separation without devotion to the Lord becomes isolation, but devotion without separation is hypocrisy” (Wiersbe).