Don't always believe the actor, just the action.

Proverbs 18:3 “When the wicked cometh, then cometh also contempt, and with ignominy reproach.”

   Tears are the simplest test of a convicted heart; a changed life is the result of those honest tears.  Wicked, manipulative people also recognize the appearance of tears to a confessor and may cry crocodile tears to work themselves into a fellowship. This shows the true contempt for the Christian faith, but God has given us a more perfect way to determine conviction. If one is truly convicted, his life begins to show change and this change fills all actions, deeds, and words of the believer. Don’t be confused by the show to determine the changes.

Lord, we love You today and see the results in our churches of changed lives. Help us to understand the effects. Show us how to encourage, enrich, and enlist these lives to Your service. For Him we live.  Amen.