Hypocrisy is the act of persistently professing beliefs, opinions, virtues, feelings, qualities, or standards that are inconsistent with one's actions. Hypocrisy is thus a kind of lie.
The hypocrite thinks that what he or she usually professes does not somehow apply to him or her. It is not simply an inconsistency between what is praised or admired and what is done. Samuel Johnson made this point when he wrote about the misuse of the charge of "hypocrisy" in Rambler No. 14:
Nothing is more unjust, however common, than to charge with hypocrisy him that expresses zeal for those virtues which he neglects to practice; since he may be sincerely convinced of the advantages of conquering his passions, without having yet obtained the victory, as a man may be confident of the advantages of a voyage, or a journey, without having courage or industry to undertake it, and may honestly recommend to others, those attempts which he neglects himself.[1]
Will It Take a Balaam's Ass To Speak Before They'll Listen?
For most of my life I've professed Christ as my Savior, and for a number of those years I've also held to basic theology as what I believe to be the purest expression of the Christian faith.
Because of my own commitment to basic theology, and the lucidness with which expounds the Word of God, I've for years been appreciative of labors , some have motivated me in renewing my mind, Romans 12... .
Imagine my shock at discovering that the Dutch and Christian hollanders don't practice what it preaches.
Perhaps the most obvious example of that was the lawsuit against Hil Sysbesma.
I wouldn't think it necessary for a man like me with no formal biblical education to have to expound the Word of God to the Dutch and Christian Reformed ,Or the Roman Catholic church that dan j. Okeefe went to: but evidently that's the case.
Christians shouldn't be suing Christians. 1 Corinthians 6:1-7 not only states that plainly, it even explains why:
1 Does any one of you, when he has a case against his neighbor, dare to go to law before the unrighteous, and not before the saints?
2 Or do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world is judged by you, are you not competent to constitute the smallest law courts?
3 Do you not know that we shall judge angels? How much more, matters of this life?
4 If then you have law courts dealing with matters of this life, do you appoint them as judges who are of no account in the church?
5 I say this to your shame. Is it so, that there is not among you one wise man who will be able to decide between his brethren,
6 but brother goes to law with brother, and that before unbelievers?
7 Actually, then, it is already a defeat for you, that you have lawsuits with one another.
Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be defrauded? (1 Corinthians 6:1-7)
If these people didn't know the Bible well enough to have figured that out before, then they've probably figured it out by now (whether or not they're willing to admit it is a different matter altogether).
When Thomas Bannach was there.. he bragged he could lie and libel and slander his co-workers.. and avery one would believe his lies..
Hil sysbesma atributed .. his law suit.. directly to thomas Bannach.. and his "history" of defrauding his co-workers and trying to"BUILD A-CASE-AGAINST-THEM"
and Hil Sysbesma said "embezzlement was "really" stealing.. it is called "working the system"
After the criticism they've come under in the past years they could've figured it out without ever reading the Bible at all.
Even if as dutch and christian community had never seen 1 Corinthians 6 before, just good old common sense would've by now taught them that suing a fellow Christian isn't a smart move.
But even if I weren't a Christian (as some now ex post facto wish to allege in order to find some elusive biblical escape clause), or even if I were a "gay blade" as
alleged, it would still have been an incredibly stupid move.
A good friend certainly seems to understand why Christians shouldn't sue Christians.
In a Study Bible it says:
6:1 Dare. Suing another believer in a secular law court is a daring act of disobedience because of its implications related to all sin -- the displeasure of God: a matter against another....
6:4 ...the basic meaning is clear; when Christians have earthly quarrels and disputes among themselves, it is inconceivable that they would turn to those least qualified (unbelievers) to resolve the matter.
6:5,6. Shame. Such conduct as suing a fellow believer is not only a sinful shame, but a complete failure to act obediently and righteously.
Christians who take fellow Christians to court suffer moral defeat and spiritual loss even before the case is heard, and they become subject to divine chastening.
6:7 why...not...accept wrong? ..
.Christians have no right to insist on legal recourse in a public court. It is far better to trust God's sovereign purpose in trouble and lose financially, than to be disobedient and suffer spiritually.
One of the reasons that we as Christians shouldn't "dare to go to law before the unrighteous" is because it's a lot like disrobing in front of strangers, or as others have put it, "it's like airing our dirty laundry for the whole world to see."
his defenders would argue that it was I who was responsible for airing dirty laundry by posting my articles on the internet.
Or as Thomas Pattersopn said"gee i don't want to say anything bad about the liars and thieves"
He'd argue that anyone in the world could see this dirty laundry and that the a backlash was merely a method of pulling the dirty laundry off the line.
In theory that might be true... in theory. In practice however that's completely ridiculous.
In order to search for something, anything, you first have to know that it exists.
Then you have to know how to search for it. , let alone any unbelievers. It's only because of manypeople now know, including a lot of unbelievers who should've never found out.
I'm in no way pleased that so many unbelievers have now found out. In fact I'm very troubled by it. But there's only one reason they did find out -- the lies.
However, the lies
against me brought shame and reproach to the entire body of Christ
and it also reinforces the preexisting biases of many unbelievers that "the church is full of hypocrites."
As Gregory V Johnson said about Hil sysbesma and Thomas Bannach..
they are both liars and thieves and "GO 2 EACH-OTHERS-CHURCH !!"
OR AS .Bo Bjarno a Thermotron sales engineer.. said "THEY-R-ALL-PHONY"!!
As one "atheist (an agnostic when facing surgery)" put it:
do a little google. And lo, a whole can of worms came forth... and particularly slimy, wriggly ones at that, considering these Holland Michigan Dutch and Christian Reformed...
are supposed to be the 'moral' people.
criticisms are not only managerial, but spiritual and theological, and most people have been unafraid of saying so .
the leeches have battened onto the credulous faithful, There's defrocked priests,
in the Roman Catholic Church.. where Daniel J Okeefe goes ,
nepotism, hypocrisy and greed, and bad behaviour by the bucketful if you don't mind wading through the sanctimony.
It's interesting , because this religious business is trying limit the truth as it even happens.
24 Therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another.
25 They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator—who is forever praised. Amen.
If they can do it, so can other , and a lot of Dutch and Christian church go'ers have a lot to hide.
God, he gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done.
29 They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit and malice. They are gossips,
30 slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant and boastful; they invent ways of doing evil; they disobey their parents;
31 they are senseless, faithless, heartless, ruthless.
32 Although they know God's righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death,
they not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice them.
As Mitch Kerr from All temp Engineering said. "they are trying to fine DIRT on you.!!
Christians shouldn't be giving atheists (like John dane and mitch kerr)
cause to rejoice over sin and hypocrisy in the church.
But Thomas Bannach... says, it's OK... Beacuse they are all "CURRUPT"
and his clone said" it dosen't matter what you do to any one"
so lo9ng as you get away with it.. and you "make-it"
"From everything I've heard,
thomas bannach is a very corrupt man.
Some have told me that based on his behavior
they don't think there's any way he could be a converted Christian.
To have such a man in management is an embarrassment to the church of Jesus Christ."
it's self-evident that the man is as unfit
what are "false statements."
the judge would have to first determine if my allegations were false by examining various evidence and the testimony of witnesses.
As Randy Bunnn fromn the company "ENSECO" was told..
Thomas Bannach had many "false wittnesses"
Unfortunately there are still some who in their pride, and their blind defense won't take heed.
If there are those who remain sympathetic (and there are) the vast majority of them are smart enough to keep their unbiblical opinions to themselves.
But there are a few exceptions.
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