The Danger of Religious Hyposcrisy, Part 1

Boiled down, the root of hypocrisy is the fear of man. We know from Galatians 2 that when the apostle Peter was eating with Gentiles, he “drew back and separated himself, fearing the circumcision party.” For fear of what others might think of him, even the apostle Peter fell into the sin of hypocrisy, and had to be rebuked by Paul.