Outwardly you look like righteous people, but inwardly your hearts are filled with hypocrisy and lawlessness. (Matthew 23:28 NLT)
The most outwardly religious people of Jesus' day were also the most hypocritical people of His day. God isn't looking for conformity to a list of rules so you "look" righteous. He wants the kind of transformation of life that causes you to "own your faith." If your Christianity isn't changing you from the inside out you're only "playing the part" of what it really means to be a follower of Jesus.
