Can't Hide Behind a Religious Mask

Can't Hide Behind a Religious Mask

I love both of these two translations of the verses below. It really makes you evaluate your life and make sure nothing is out of place and it also sticks with you ... I've just really been thinking about this kind of stuff- it seems hypocrisy has become almost a thriving trend in some circles, i have seen so many young people become masters at being hypocrites- they are perfect Christians and then nights and weekends are their times to act like the rest of the world, violating the purity of their bodies that was given to them from God as a treasure to cherish and save for the right time but they have fallen into a trap of perverting something that is meant to be beautiful.
I know this is an extreme example. But on a smaller scale: backstabbing and gossiping about people and smiling to their face is just as bad, it is painting a picture that you are sweet and innocent when you and God both know that you are not! I am not judging anyone, i am not perfect, but nobody is, that is why we need Jesus, but we should try our best to exemplify Him through our speech and actions. He has commanded us to LOVE one another and if we love one another we won't violate someones purity, we won't hurt people by backstabbing and gossiping about them.... if we are walking in love we wont do anything to someone that we wouldn't want done to us! Anyway back to the scriptures... here they are:
"Can't Hide Behind a Religious Mask
By this time the crowd, unwieldy and stepping on each other's toes, numbered into the thousands. But Jesus' primary concern was his disciples. He said to them, "Watch yourselves carefully so you don't get contaminated with Pharisee yeast, Pharisee phoniness. You can't keep your true self hidden forever; before long you'll be exposed. You can't hide behind a religious mask forever; sooner or later the mask will slip and your true face will be known. You can't whisper one thing in private and preach the opposite in public; the day's coming when those whispers will be repeated all over town. I'm speaking to you as dear friends. Don't be bluffed into silence or insincerity by the threats of religious bullies. True, they can kill you, but then what can they do? There's nothing they can do to your soul, your core being. Save your fear for God, who holds your entire life—body and soul—in his hands." Luke 12: 1-5 The Message
"IN THE meanwhile, when so many thousands of the people had gathered that they were trampling on one another, Jesus commenced by saying primarily to His disciples, Be on your guard against the leaven (ferment) of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy [producing unrest and violent agitation]. Nothing is [so closely] covered up that it will not be revealed, or hidden that it will not be known. Whatever you have spoken in the darkness shall be heard and listened to in the light, and what you have whispered in [people's] ears and behind closed doors will be proclaimed upon the housetops. I tell you, My friends, do not dread and be afraid of those who kill the body and after that have nothing more that they can do. But I will warn you whom you should fear: fear Him Who, after killing, has power to hurl into hell (Gehenna); yes, I say to you, fear Him!" Luke 12: 1-5 Amplified