"What is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?" (Job 27:8). "Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye, and then shalt thou see clearly.... for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction" (Matthew 7:5,13).
What is hypocrite's hope in the end?
What is the point of his temporal gain?
Why can't he see? Why must he pretend,
And hold to deception that makes his life vain?
Things are not really as he makes them seem:
That is, of course, the hypocrite's art.
Refusing to cast from his own eye the beam,
He walks on in darkness and hardens his heart.
And though he has gained, it will soon come to nought
The moment he enters the gate of destruction;
And then he'll discover the hypocrite's lot,
Thus hopelessly led and lured by seduction.
Hypocrite, cast out that beam from your eye,
That you may see clearly eternity's goal!
The day is approaching in which you must die:
Now turn to the Savior and rescue your soul!
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