Those that wish to make God's standard seem obtainable in and of themselves, and yet hypocrisy is afoot. How often do we find people screaming to the sinner of how foul they are while street preaching and they do not see where they themselves still fall short, even being in the fold by God's grace? It puts up a false pretense, of sorts. They themselves hide the fact they are being progressively sanctified, and try to appear all kept.
I think honesty is in order, for those preaching to not condemn the sinner but offer them salvation. There is no need to tear down, to speak without meekness, to rip asunder, and so on. It is God's goodness that leads men to repentance, so these men need to get off their high horse and proclaim the goods news that has been not only bestowed to those they preach to, but to themselves. The difference between the preacher and the sinner is but one truth. Christ. What glory then does the preacher have? None, but Christs. It is His. Their righteousness a work of Gods not their own to be in awe at.
The world see Christians as hypocrites often times because believers try to present Christianity as a religion of rules and regulations when it is not about, as scripture says, serving in the oldness of the letter, but the newness of the Spirit. Legalism is in fact a blindfold upon the world, it has been a disservice to humanity. People see not Christ, but law. How sadly mistaken are they? We are of the faith, and men are not saved through their morality but by God's grace.
