Change from the inside out

Luke 11:37-44

• What is hypocrisy?

1. 1. The Debilitating Effects of Hypocrisy
      • Background on the Pharisees
      • The OT significance of ceremonial hand-washing
        1. Skewed priorities – Giving money but not loving God or caring for people (42)
        2. Skewed priorities – Valuing people’s praise more than God’s praise (43)
        3. Woeful Effect – the contamination of others (44)
   2. The Healing Work of the Gospel

1. 1. 1. The gospel gives us a new heart and the indwelling Holy Spirit. 
      2. The gospel enables us to view life in its proper perspective.

         Because we are secure in God’s unconditional love, the gospel:-

1. 1. 1. 1. frees us to be honest about ourselves and our sin
         2. frees us from people-pleasing 

Next week: Spiritual Health — Solitude and Silence