Daily DEVOTIONAL

Luke 12:1-12: Hypocrisy

July 21, 2025

2 Chronicles 22-24, Psalm 146, Luke 12:1-12, 2 Thessalonians 2:6-12   Luke 12:1-12: Having so strongly critiqued the Pharisee, Jesus now exposes the heart of the matter. The real center of the problem for the Pharisee is “hypocrisy” (12:1). This is the “leaven,” the part that seeps through everything else and gives power to everything else. Hypocrisy is…

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