Differing weights and differing measures-- the LORD detests them both.
Proverbs 20:10
Such a person is double-minded and unstable in all they do.
James 1:8
God hates double standards in the way we view others – when we point out the faults of others but don’t see our own faults.
In the Sermon on the Mount Jesus spoke about seeing the speck of sawdust in a brother’s eye but not paying attention to the plank in your own eye [Matthew 7:3-5].
Jesus called these people hypocrites. The Greek word for hypocrite is ‘hupkrinomai’ meaning “a stage player who acts under a mask,” “a counterfeit.”
Literally it is to act falsely, to put on a face, and to pretend to be something that you are not.
God hates double standards when our words cannot be trusted because they are not consistent.
James writes in his epistles that our “Yes” should be yes and our “No” should be no [James 5:12].
The text says, that if we fail in this we fall into judgment.
We should say what we mean and mean what we say.
We should not say one thing but mean something else.
Questions:
Why do you think that a person would pretend to be something that they are not?
Read James 3:2.
What do you think is the meaning of “Anyone who is never at fault in what they say is perfect, able to keep their whole body in check?”
Several times we read the word “integrity” in the Book of Proverbs [e.g. Proverbs 10:9; 11:3; 13:6.
What do you think is the meaning of the word integrity?
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