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Fake Rolex in NYC for $50.
(real deal is anywhere from $10-$15K USED) That street corner Rolex will eventually turn your wrist green and quit right after that.
If you shop online at all, chances are good you’ve bought counterfeit or fake merchandise.
The problem is that counterfeit products never live up to their promise.
We’re nearly always disappointed.
We feel the same way about people who are fake.
Spotting a Fake
The NT presents the Pharisees as the bad guys (think “guys in black hats in the old westerns.)
In part because of their frequent clashes with Jesus.
The prevailing popular opinion of the Pharisees was largely positive.
Most Jewish people looked up to them as examples of piety and godliness.
Jesus was disruptive when He called them out as, essentially, spiritual fakes.
The problem wasn’t for the most part their behavior but their motives.
And this is where Jesus directed most of his criticism: their external piety and ritual often betrayed a counterfeit spirituality.
Counterfeit spirituality is arrogant and prideful.
Counterfeit spirituality is always looking to see if everyone else is following OUR rules.
Counterfeit spirituality relies more on tradition than the Word.
Even when doing so may harm themselves or others.
Counterfeit spirituality loves to be seen and heard.
When you synthesize this picture, you see someone who is proud, arrogant, judgmental, selfish.
When we interact with someone we thought was the real deal but wound up acting like a Pharisee, we’re disappointed, angry, untrusting.
While this is important in how we deal with one another in the church, it is VITAL that we present a true, genuine picture of who we are in Christ.
How do you know if you’ve got the Real Deal?
The Real Deal
Jesus is, of course, the real deal.
Paul calls Jesus the very image of God in
John declares Jesus to be the embodiment of grace and truth in
As His disciples, we’re called to emulate our Master.
It’s important that we don’t trade one kind of external piety and spirituality for a different one.
This is inside-out transformation.
This is becoming more and more of the real deal.
So what does it look like when you’re becoming the real deal?
It’s a lot like paper money.
How do you know when you’re handling real currency vs. a counterfeit?
Money has a texture, smell, sound, color that is nearly impossible to fake.
When you hold a $20 bill in your hand, you just know if its the real deal.
Genuine disciples sound, look, and feel like their master.
Here’s a current opposite:
[IMAGE] There’s a fake Lear Jet interior that can be rented for pictures.
It’s often used by social media influencers who are trying to appear wealthy and sophisticated.
[IMAGE] The truth is it’s about as effective as making up your own Benz logo and taping to the steering wheel of your pickup.
No one is fooled.
Our heart’s desire ought to lead us to always be true, genuine believers whose influence is always to point to Christ.
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