Exposing Satan's Playbook The Perry Stone

pouring to the front of a large auditorium and weeping with conviction. Years passed, and these same ministers were exposed in the very sins they were denouncing in others. Of course the cry of, “Hypocrite, hypocrite,” filled the airwaves and was used to describe these men’s ministries. Even the body of Christ questioned if the men ever really believed what they were preaching. Being a fourth-generation minister and personally knowing hundreds of ministers, I can tell you a small secret about such men as mentioned above. Many times they are preaching to themselves. This may seem an odd enigma; however, when standing in the pulpit and preaching with unction from the Lord, they are actually providing temporary relief to their own spirits and minds. Often they leave the pulpit with a determination never to participate in that failure again. At times the minister may go for weeks or months without falling into the pet sin , and when the feelings begin to arise, they will reproach themselves by preaching the same convicting message to others to bring that conviction of the Spirit upon themselves. However, if the mental battle and the avenues of temptation are not removed, they can eventually succumb to the previous temptations. When men experience a sudden failure, they are not necessarily hypocrites . They may have spent much of their lives serving Christ. A hypocrite would be a person who continually condemns others but is privately practicing the same sin they are condemning others for.