Hypocrites in the Church?---You Betcha!

For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ. Jude: verse 4

Ungodly men are the great enemies of the faith of Christ and the peace of the church. Those who deny or corrupt the one, and disturb the other, are here expressly styled ungodly men.

We might have truth with peace (a most desirable thing) were there none (ministers, or private Christians) in our particular churches and congregations but truly godly men--a blessing scarcely to be looked or hoped for on this side of heaven.

Ungodly men raise scruples, start questions, cause divisions, widen breaches, merely to advance and promote their own selfish, ambitious, and covetous ends. This has been the plague of the church in all past ages, and I am afraid no age is, or will be, wholly free from such men and such practices as long as time shall last.
(Matthew Henry)

Satan has always infiltrated the church with his workers; and if a church can be divided that's one for him. Only God knows the heart of man; we are commanded to be a part of His church, carrying out His plan of salvation for all.

Looking Glass: If you don't like what you see; you can crack the mirror or change the reflection. (Original quote from ME) I put this up on facebook yesterday because you can get to a certain point that you get tired of the same old--same old. So you can keep on the same way and quit looking or you can change so there is something new in the mirror. Reflection can represent different things to different people: physical, emotional, spiritual, life journey, relationships, ect.